Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards, with Transitional Heer Belt Buckle Auction Keitel was prohibited by law

Keitel was prohibited by law from joining the NSDAP (Nazi Party)

Each board bears two rows of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with brown threaded bands

the obverse with a raised leftward-facing profile of Grand Duke Peter II

a worn example with period ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards, with Transitional Heer Belt Buckle Auction Keitel was prohibited by law(Auszeichnungen und Grtelschnalle). A mixed lot of items, 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. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A