Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Medal Hold the obverse depicting the rightward

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Maximilian Joseph

Marshall from Sir Arthur Harris

After four months orientation and training in England

slightly stained along bottom

with the 217th Infantry Battalion and the Canadian Labour Corps

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Medal Hold the obverse depicting the rightward(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). 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. mm in diameter, weighing aprox. 13 grams, in near mint condition.