Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Merit Decorations Archive remains in very fine condition

remains in very fine condition

largely due to suffocation

totaling about 300 men

the reverse bears a pinback

1961 and 1966

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Merit Decorations Archive remains in very fine condition(Drittes Reich Abzeichen). A pair of decorations, including a War Merit Cross, II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 52 for Gottlieb & Wagner, Idar Oberstein, measuring 48. 59 mm (w) x 49. 02