Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed went to Egypt with the

went to Egypt with the 8th Army

American Defense Service Medal (in bronze

(blue enamel on these early pieces is very dark

before Captain R

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed went to Egypt with 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 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. 17 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross