Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Auction Archive The Order can be awarded

The Order can be awarded in postmortem

with a suspension apparatus

but was also nominated for the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross by Erich von Manstein

The reverse is maker marked with the “LOUPER” trade name of the firm of Louis Perlmann

of fine quality make

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Auction Archive The Order can be awarded(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 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Eastern Front Medal,