Germany, Heer. Four Sets of Musician Swallow’s Nests Hold and Mercantile Marine War Medal

and Mercantile Marine War Medal (ALBERT SKELHORN)

trimmed in maroon wool along the outer edge and reverse

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box in rough shape)

The tabs are flanked on either side on the shoulders by a pair of blank sewn-on shoulder straps that are secured to the tunic via a single gilded button

Germany, Heer. Four Sets of Musician Swallow’s Nests Hold and Mercantile Marine War Medal(Heer Schwalbennester). Three matching sets of Heer Signals musician swallows nests, each constructed of lemon yellow wool with a field grey wool underlay, bearing nine silver aluminum wire tresses arranged vertically, with an additional tresse of identical construction, both tresses executed according to late Reichswehr and early Wehrmacht (c. 1930) regulations, the reverse of each featuring five magnetic metal hooks for uniform attachment, unmarked