Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of War Merit Decorations Auction A Central Powers first war

A Central Powers first war year badge

firmly held in its correct position

the guns surmounted by the royal crown

Accompanied by research from the national archives

Throughout the rise of the Nazis and following their assumption of power in 1933

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of War Merit Decorations Auction A Central Powers first war(Kriegsdverdienstkreuze). A mixed lot of War Merit decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central 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. 21 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint