Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Archive 1163 and awarded to all

1163 and awarded to all those who were praiseworthy and volunteered in the Royal Army or Navy during the First World War

an EM/NCO’s sleeve chevron for ranks Gefreiter through Obergefreiter

" engraved on the obverse

1 Canadian Corps

2nd Class with Swords (silver gilt and white enamels

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Archive 1163 and awarded to all(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,