situated within a ribbed ring bearing the inscription of “Meine Ehre Heißt Treue” (My Honour is Loyalty) in German Fraktur script
most likely manufactured circa 1910-15 period
three drill holes for attachment
with a sharpened tip and fuller running approximately two-thirds the length of each side
the first seven pages consists of an English-language index providing captions for the images in black ink typewritten script
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service visually-hidden situated within a ribbed ring(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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. 28 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint