Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Newly Listed An excellent example in bronze

An excellent example in bronze gilt with green enamels

engraver marked "GIORGI" on the obverse

followed by an elaborate handwritten inscription to Bismarck on the occasion of his 75th birthday

and with a dark green wool buffer pad covering the seam

as originally sewn to the black wool collar now separated from the original tunic

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Newly Listed An excellent example in bronze(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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 KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 28 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint