Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive arriving at the Canadian Corps

arriving at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp in France on September 23

Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei

(SA Sportabzeichen für Kriegsverwundete)

published in Great Britain by Pen and Sword Military

In die pressed tombac

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive arriving at the Canadian Corps(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint