along with a 43 mm wide black band around its circumference
He eventually made his way to the French theatre on February 8
Footnote: The Type I version of the Cross for Revolutionary Merit was instituted on October 5
Hysteria mounted in both countries
with a 51 mm long knurled needle pin on the reverse
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Awards Auction along with a 43 mm(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of five 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. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 3 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit