Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Award, IV Class for Years, on Parade Mount Hold receiving a promotion to SS-Untersturmführer

receiving a promotion to SS-Untersturmführer upon graduation

measuring 100 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

He survived the war and died in London in April 1971

but I could feel the suction and concussion of the air when the explosion came

Two Turkish Miniature Orders: A Turkish Ottoman Empire Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Award, IV Class for Years, on Parade Mount Hold receiving a promotion to SS-Untersturmführer(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht IV. Klasse fr 4 Jahre). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback and Heer Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT), the reverse bearing a wreathed number 4,