being struck off strength on being posted to the General Depot at London on January 26
he was a "Malachowsky-Hussar" issued
This is an extremely well-preserved example of a NSDAP Reichsleitung-level visor cap
The interior is fully lined with a magnetic metal band
joined together at the bottom by oak leaf branches
Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Newly Listed being struck off strength on(SS Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse fr 4 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing central raised double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 02 mm in diameter,