XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)
the interior is lined with a light brown cotton liner
exhibiting moderate bubbling and contact marks on the exterior
during the Battle of Metz
becoming the 53rd (Sherbrooke) Battalion in 1867
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Medals Auction XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)(Medaillen). A pair of medals, 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 KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Italian German African