Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Award United Republic of the ship's newspaper

the ship's newspaper

the maker's identification having been cut out of the back panel

the lid taped in place to the base along the hinged area)

An award document in its original folder of issue for the German Soviet Banner der Arbeit Stufe III

Removal of glasses before donning the respirator meant that soldiers with poor vision were unable to respond to enemy attacks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Award United Republic of the ship's newspaper(Dienstauszeichnung 4. Klasse). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT), the reverse bearing a central raised number 4 within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 30. 35 mm