significant chipping and cracking throughout the handle grip
measuring 42 mm (w) x 54 mm (h))
Military: Type IIb (1932- 1947 Military Issue)
while Commanding the 154th Observation Squadron during the Tunisian Campaign
with United trophy of arms suspension
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards United Republic of significant chipping and cracking throughout(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. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross