Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Hold consisting of a padded dark

consisting of a padded dark green wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire tri-colour cockade set within an oak leaf of identical construction

September 1944 he was decorated with the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

Soon after the capitulation of Germany in May 1945

199 mm x 216 mm)

GRI cypher and dated "1918" on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Hold consisting of a padded dark(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, 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 condition. 2. A 1939 Iron Cross