Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Buy Now maker marked “RUDOLF WÄCHTLER &

maker marked “RUDOLF WÄCHTLER & LANGE”

Second Lieutenant John Gordon Word

- British War Medal (MAJOR G

STEADFAST”)

A Feldwebel of a Lübeck battalion and his platoon were attacked and encircled by superior enemy forces

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Buy Now maker marked “RUDOLF WÄCHTLER &(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. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross