Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of the

Footnote: The Order of the Mexican Eagle (Orden del Águila Mexicana) was created by Emperor Maximiliano I/Maximilian I on January 1

AND WINNING THE EVERLASTING GRATITUDE OF JOHN ERNEST STERN"

he led his division into Holland on operation “Market-Garden

the others signed by Lieutenant-Colonel B

Life Saving Medal (silvered bronze

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of the(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. 28 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint