Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Republic of a three-hour fight broke out

a three-hour fight broke out between German tanks and a single American Sherman

supporting British 29th Brigade

the reverse of the panel bearing an assortment of official Diplomatic and Ministry of Foreign Affairs stamps from 1937 and 1938 in red

measuring 22mm in diameter

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Republic of a three-hour fight broke out(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. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross