Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Auction Archive extensive chipping evident in both

extensive chipping evident in both the white and blue enamels

with minor flecking of enamels and loss of gilt evident to the cross

about 300 awarded

backed by a shield bearing a cross

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Auction Archive extensive chipping evident in both(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