Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude and Okinawa were key to

and Okinawa were key to the success of the “island hopping” campaign

Grenade Throwing”

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Mechanical Engineer

a Winterhilfswerk badge

And a 25-Year Civil Faithful Service Cross

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude and Okinawa were key to(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