of these 359 where awarded
both push pin points intact
and pinned with zink Totenkopf cyphers
the obverse with central shaking hands
Bronze Grade instituted on June 1st 1940
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Hold of these 359 where awarded(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. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Eastern Front