Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei

Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei

In die pressed tombac

the day of his departure from Canada

with two gold stars set into the patterns to denote rank

published in Great Britain by Pen and Sword Military

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint