Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Medals for Second World War Service Archive 1917 lists him as being

1917 lists him as being awarded the Distinguished Service Medal

reverse has been painted and bears three small tubes on each side for perpendicular pins

soldiers had no head protection other than their cloth and leather caps

but also on the cross)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Medals for Second World War Service Archive 1917 lists him as being(Medaillen). A mixed lot of medals for Second World War 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 6 grams, in better than very fine