Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Hold the badge with a ring

the badge with a ring suspension and attached to a purple cord with tassels at either end

in the center is printed in black "Werkchar"

a purple backer

The document is named to Oberst (Colonel) Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

original ribbon with brooch pinback marked "LI-GI"

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Hold the badge with a ring(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,