surrounded by the word "Unity" in the eleven official languages of the new South Africa
tiny spot of oxidation on the reverse from age
he was posted to the Canadian Corps Headquarters in London effective May 12
the obverse with a circular applique bearing a static black enameled swastika (Hakenkreuz) within a bronzed ring inscribed “Der Deutschen Mutter” (The German Mother)
measuring 400 mm (l) x 29 mm (w)
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude surrounded by the word "Unity"(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for civil and military service, 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. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint