Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Mint Decorations Newly Listed the handles gilt detailing depicts

the handles gilt detailing depicts a serpent with open mouth around the lip

Instituted 10 November 1915 by Prince Heinrich XXVII

measuring 18 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

HMCS Iroquois rescued 628 survivors from SS Duchess of York

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Mint Decorations Newly Listed the handles gilt detailing depicts(Auszeichnungen mit Grtelschnalle). A mixed lot of 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 a raised inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint