Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Newly Listed do describe and illustrate two

do describe and illustrate two distinct versions of the Order of Merit

The second obituary is for a different man of the same name

Large Luftwaffe Sport's Shirt Eagle - machine embroidered in white and black threads

the obverse presents a national eagle clutching a Wolfsangel

monogram of King Carol I in bronze gilt on the obverse centrepiece

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Badges and Insignia Newly Listed do describe and illustrate two(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of badges and insignia, including: 1. A Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 09 mm