Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz Hold sharpened lower edge

sharpened lower edge

1944 Kraas suffered a shrapnel grenade wound to the right cheek and maxillary sinus and received medical attention

Staff Sergeant Willy Klein

he left all his property to his mother

on its original bow-tied ribbon

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz Hold sharpened lower edge(SS Dienstauszeichnung 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 central raised number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked but with the physical characteristics of