branches of oak leaves above and below
while playing right back in a football (soccer) match
The scabbard exhibits silvering loss and surface rust overall
The exterior is dyed in a classic Wehrmacht splinter pattern consisting of various shades of brown geometric shapes with sporadic green
one depicting an Enlisted soldier wearing a Silver Grade Wound Badge
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal Buy Now branches of oak leaves above(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). A single medal, constructed of bronze, on loops for suspension from period 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), medal is unmarked, measuring 32 mm in diameter, and weighing approximately 13 grams, in extremely fine condition.