Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards & Decorations Province of China a Piece of Shrapnel (iron

a Piece of Shrapnel (iron

2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)

A padded silver-grey rayon liner fully encompasses the interior

the loose bone and metal fragments removed

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 263 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards & Decorations Province of China a Piece of Shrapnel (iron(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. 26 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross