Description
Instituted 25 December 1881
suspension bars between crown and 12 o'clock arm have been repaired
the exterior bearing an inscription of “DEUTSCHES SCHUTZWALL-EHRENZEICHEN”
Campaign Stars and Medals’ booklet
engraver marked "SALRETA" on both sides
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Second World War Service Archive Instituted 25 December 1881(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 Maltese Cross pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,