Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Awards And Insignia Auction slight staining overall but remains

slight staining overall but remains a terrific World War I collectible

Third Republic: War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1918 (in bronze

as his mother was deceased and he was not married

plus assorted research papers regarding all five ships on which he served during the war

Footnote: Frederick Arthur Duffort was born on August 25

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Awards And Insignia Auction slight staining overall but remains(Auszeichnungen und Insignien). A mixed lot of three awards and insignia, 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 KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 17 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint