Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Auction Archive and my appreciation of the

and my appreciation of the way in which they have carried out the very arduous duties entrusted to them while under my command

Below the large "8" is a manufacturer's label printed in black ink on white cotton

as noted in his Red Cross Society Enrolment Book

It is dated to February 11

Naming is officially named on the WWI pair

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Auction Archive and my appreciation of the(Auszeichnungen). A pair of service 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. 41 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A 1939 Iron