Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive under constant shellfire and both

under constant shellfire and both were repulsed

with an encircled chain on a white enameled background

the button held in place via a toothpick

maker marked “Hoffstätter Bonn” and marked “Ges

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive under constant shellfire and both(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. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. War Merit