Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Police Service Newly Listed with an explanation of the

with an explanation of the origin of the medal on the underside of the flip-up lid

but when the object of forming a secret society became apparent

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (“FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT”)

Instituted by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 2 December 1849

some demonstrating oxidation and loss of finish

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Police Service Newly Listed with an explanation of 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 Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class with