Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive above initials “RD” for Rýchla

above initials “RD” for Rýchla Divízia (Rapid Division) and a truck bearing raised dates “1941-1942”

5mm(width) x 73

the airborne assault of Operation Plunder

3 mm (w) x 79 mm (h) x 18 mm (d)

An extremely well-preserved Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s M40 overseas cap

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive above initials “RD” for Rýchla(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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939, unmarked, measuring 32. 21 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of