Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Footnote: The decoration was instituted

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

and in the 1920 re-organization of the Militia

printed in black ink with photographs

A textbook example of a first war period German Imperial “Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1

rings of raised pebbles around the base and the lip

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Footnote: The decoration was instituted(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, 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 a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 32. 16 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronzed zink, on