SS Long service awards

[Robert J.D.]

Here is mine in an interesting state of wear, exposing the tombak base metal.

Rob.

[Woolgar]

Super examples !!

Here is my P&L

Nick

[Woolgar]

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[Woolgar]

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[baldy1939]

here is my 8 year

[baldy1939]

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[josh105]

Great stuff guys! I'm really happy this thread has come out now.

I am currently working on a reference book for Long Service Medals...

It's time we had an all encompassing reference that was dedicated to long service medals.

This thread helps a lot - although I probably won't get to SS LSM until the new year!

Again - great looking medals fellas!

PS - if you'd like to be a contributor please message me, also I'll be messaging some of you in the near future for ideas/specifics as well

[peterm]

Great stuff guys! I'm really happy this thread has come out now.

I can only agree!

Kind regards, Peter

[collecter]

My 8yr medal unfortunately it has a couple of scratches on the reverse.John

[J C Gray]

I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that the reason that these medals had been attributed to 'Deschler' and 'P&L' was something to do with these firms having used similar eyelets to the ones found on the SS-DA; can anyone confirm or add to this???

[CurtD]

I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that the reason that these medals had been attributed to 'Deschler' and 'P&L' was something to do with these firms having used similar eyelets to the ones found on the SS-DA; can anyone confirm or add to this???

Yes, that was the reason. But, I tried to verify this and didn't get very far. I believe I found 1 other Deschler medal that had a similar eyelet, but it wasn't exactly the same as this SS 8. I couldn't find any P&L medal that had the same eyelet as has been attributed to them. We should probably just call them type 1 & 2.

[J C Gray]

Yes, that was the reason. But, I tried to verify this and didn't get very far. I believe I found 1 other Deschler medal that had a similar eyelet, but it wasn't exactly the same as this SS 8. I couldn't find any P&L medal that had the same eyelet as has been attributed to them. We should probably just call them type 1 & 2.

Thanks for the update Curt.

[J C Gray]

For reference, I will post examples of the obverse & reverse of these two known types of 4 & 8 year awards from my collection...

[J C Gray]

Note that the suspension loops on the Type II have a slightly less rounded appearance than those on the Type I...

[J C Gray]

...and complete with their ribbons...