Please post your 4 yr service medals

[Curt Steinbach]

back of medal

[kriztof]

No doubt these are an attractive award, they incorporate all the nice features of the period, Eagle, Oaks, Goth script & the #4.

[kriztof]

cls

[George Stimson]

Here's one of mine.

[George Stimson]

And another.

[tystgaard]

From my collection!!!

:-)
Nicolai

[juoneen]

So far we have a variety of different manufactured medals , as to who the companys are they can be atributed to is what i think we all would like to discover.

As i said i have noticed the differences in the tops of the s in dienst vary. Some are curved up at the end , some are pointed down, some are parallel , and some have the line between the legs , and some have none at all.

Here are some of the features of the one i posted that vary by maker: the down pointing S top...

[juoneen]

the line between the legs type

[juoneen]

and some soldering details of the ring the ribbon ring attaches to

[juoneen]

seam is down and fairly centered in the medals top width

[juoneen]

fairly clean on the soldering

[juoneen]

question for all :

Do we have any collectors with issue bags with makers marks that can determine what the manufacturers are by these features ?

There are other differences if anybody has other ones to mention, but it seems these are the first i noticed , but as to how they relate to issues such as originality or manufacturers is a mystery to me. This is what we all would like to determine in the future.

I also agree this medal is one of the most under rated medals , but is an attractive one for sure. Some makers make the details jump out at you, and some to a lesser degree. This one i posted doesn't have as much of the wash but i like a worn medal ,and don't hold that against it. (although i might haggle the price a little as a result when possible at the buying stage)

Even leg feathers vary somewhat.

[juoneen]

as do 1st row of feathers on the neck below the head

And also the eagles head shape, and beaks , as do the opening of the second h in wehrmacht .




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And the types of 4's used. I hope we can determine makers by the features of the dies as in other awards , so we can develop a trained eye to focus in on the differences , and determine which makers made less of these than others, or which ones made the most attractive versions. I have none with the packets, so i can't add anything as to manufacturers. May thanks to all who posted theirs, and to those who will add to this thread in the future, as they score new finds in 4 yr or 12 year medals and solve some of the mysteries relating to this medals makers , oh and please post any with numbered rings if anybody has any, as like russian front medals those would be very unusual in my opinion.

[Jody]

4 Year Medal

Hello,
Here is one of my examples.

Regards,
Jody

[CSForrester]

I owned a "Frankenstein"-Medalbar from Austria some years ago, and there were two faked LS-medals on it.
I think they are dangerous, because they are magnetic !
I have still only theese pics, but may be they are helpfull.

Regards
Markus