with minor loss of nickel plating to the scabbard
one of only fifteen men to do so
It is flanked by magnetic metal studs which accommodate an intact black leatherette chinstrap which is adjusted with dual magnetic metal buckles
maker marked in Thai on the inside lid
and other nationals wearing the uniform of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive with minor loss of nickel(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 a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint