A Four-Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service Medal; 4Th Grade Auction Pour le Merite

Pour le Merite

in bronze gilt and enamels (extremely fine condition)

in Brussels in March 1919

embroidered black swastika in the centre trimmed in silver bullion wire

tiny enamel flake on reverse left arm

A Four-Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service Medal; 4Th Grade Auction Pour le MeriteA textbook example of a 4 Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service medal for Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht; in silvered metal (magnetic); on loop for suspension; with its period original cornflower blue ribbon featuring a Wehrmacht Hoheitszeichen attached to the ribbon via two prongs, and a horizontal pinback; measuring 29. 94 mm in diameter; weighing 14. 5 grams; in very fine condition with the majority of its original silvering still intact.