Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction reverse presents a white-enamelled central

reverse presents a white-enamelled central medallion bearing the date “1849

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

lightning bolts missing from eagle’s talons

The German letter is dated to Berlin on 23 January 1869 and was sent on behalf of the minister of clergy

measuring 66 mm (w) x 82 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction reverse presents a white-enamelled central(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of service 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 central inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War