Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed John’s Harbour and in the

John’s Harbour and in the nearby Atlantic sea-lanes and anti-submarine operations and convoy patrols

(blue enamel on these early pieces is very dark

for which he was again mentioned in despatches (London Gazette on May 14

American Defense Service Medal (in bronze

before Captain R

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed John’s Harbour and in the(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. 17 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross