smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather backer stitched in place with off-white threading
with cloth cover in black presenting a red and gold design
and no cracking to the core
with the non-magnetic metal left side finished in a Baden red and gold (with the unpainted base metal substituting the latter) colour scheme
the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENST-MEDAILLE” (“GERMAN MERIT MEDAL”) in Fraktur script
Romania, Kingdom. A Crusade Against Communism Medal, With Two Campaign Clasps consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather backer(Medalia Cruciada mpotriva comunismului). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon fastened with DNJESTR (DNIESTER) and DOBROGEA (DOBRUJA) clasps, the obverse bearing a raised female figure, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a hand gripping a sword, in turn flanked by a date of 1941, circumscribed by an inscription of CRUCIADA MPOTRIVA COMUNISMULUI (CRUSADE AGAINST COMMUNISM), the reverse
