on either side is a swastika and fasces
a widower of Alice Louise Roper
a hammer and sickle below
a 1939 Day of Labour Badge
deep red exterior marked MILITAER VERDIENSTKREUZ III
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Republic of on either side is a(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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 0 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A 1939 Iron Cross II