and is marked “55” in black ink
Footnote: The Order of Saint Stanislaus was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The one-piece nickel silver hilt features a double-sided eagle’s head pommel
Type I (1944-45)
A group of three Second War period Eastern Front publications
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Auction and is marked “55” in(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of five decorations, 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit