Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil and Military Awards Auction Footnote: The medal was established

Footnote: The medal was established on November 3

It was re-designated the 8th or Stadacona Volunteer Militia Rifles on March 28

depending upon the merit of the deed

A lot of four award documents to Horst Schmidt

for actions taken during the Second World War

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil and Military Awards Auction Footnote: The medal was established(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. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. A Sudetenland