with one strap completing in an integrated spring catch for dagger suspension
serving against the Germans off the coast of East Africa from April 1916 to May 1917
with some loss of finish evident in addition to apparent pinback repairs
bearing dual bands of interwoven black and white threaded piping
the eagle in fine machine embroidered yellow threading with forest-green embroidered backing
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed with one strap completing in(Auszeichnungen). An extensive 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, unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,