Germany. A 4-Year Long Service Award With Medal Bar Suspension Archive credited with having served in

credited with having served in France with the 5th Infantry Battalion and the 1st Division Traffic Control for a total of thirty-seven months and entitled to wear the War Service Badge

The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a captain (Hauptmann) in the German Army and also the equivalent of captain in foreign armies

There are limited traces of the quilted white silk lining remaining

In silvered zinc alloy

336" on the obverse

Germany. A 4-Year Long Service Award With Medal Bar Suspension Archive credited with having served inA second war German Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse fr 4 Dienstjahre; circular silvered metal (magnetic); on loop for suspension; the obverse with the German eagle in the centre, circumscribed in German Gothic lettering Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht (Faithful Service in the Armed Forces); the reverse with the raised number 4 centrally within an oak wreath border; measuring 30. 29 mm in diameter; weighing 11. 2 grams. Accompanied by its medal bar