Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude Footnote: The Merchant Marine played

Footnote: The Merchant Marine played a large role in the convoy operations in the Atlantic during the Second World War

In cast silvered bronze

center chipped

The Easter Sunday Raid went ahead despite Birchall’s signal

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude Footnote: The Merchant Marine played(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for military and civil service featuring five decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with 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. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 0