Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil and Military Awards Auction later to become the Royal

later to become the Royal Italian Army

Selection for the Armed Forces was based on merit with length of service and prestige of current appointment as secondary consideration

surrounded by the inscription "PRIMA ADUNATA PROFESSIONISTI E ARTISTI"

navy blue felt slotted medal bed

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil and Military Awards Auction later to become the Royal(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of 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. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. A Sudetenland