Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction was added to the ribbon

was added to the ribbon for each subsequent award

a recommendation letter for the position of Harbourmaster in Whakatane (dated February 6

unmarked but likely manufactured by Cravanzola of Rome

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

when he with another soldier and had a shell expoded next to them during a German bombardment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction was added to the ribbon(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of service 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 central inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War