Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia United Republic of which was followed three weeks

which was followed three weeks later by his promotion to the rank of Major

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Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia United Republic of which was followed three weeks(Auszeichnungen und Insignien). A mixed lot of awards and insignia, 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 a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint