Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards Archive and when lifted up

and when lifted up

the latter retaining an original dark brown leather strap

the frame of the pinback having come away from soldered area at one end of the metal support

Footnote: Beginning his naval career in 1930 with the Reichsmarine

award document for Commemorative Medal 1 Oct 1938

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards Archive and when lifted up(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENSTE 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Infantry Assault Badge, Bronze Grade, constructed of bronzed zink, the