Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed He was already part of

He was already part of the 2nd Company of the Schützen Regiment 59

in its Garrard & Co

circumscribed by inscription “EINNAHME VON KRETA

Schöpke earned the Iron Cross

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Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed He was already part of(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. 17 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross