maker marked in Thai on the inside lid
reverse inscribed "À NAPOLÉON LE GRAND LA FRANCE RÉGÉNÉRÉE" within an open-ended wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves
It is flanked by magnetic metal studs which accommodate an intact black leatherette chinstrap which is adjusted with dual magnetic metal buckles
Staff Sergeant Alfred George Kircher
the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/189”
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive maker marked in Thai on(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil 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. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint