Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive but was also fitted with

but was also fitted with a sophisticated anti-handling trap

with numerous contact marks and edge bumps

running between the ear rosettes and secured in place by copper pins

depicted in the uniform of a Heer EM and wearing the Iron Cross I Class

without curvature

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive but was also fitted with(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. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross