Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive measuring 55 mm x 40

measuring 55 mm x 40 mm

the exterior bearing an inscription of “EHRENKREUZ DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER DRITTE STUFE” (“HONOUR CROSS OF THE GERMAN MOTHER THIRD GRADE”)

maker marked "Mori" on reverse bottom

The medal was created to express gratitude by the French government to all those who

and then taken on strength in France by the 19th Infantry Battalion on February 15

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive measuring 55 mm x 40(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 46. 89 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams,