Ambassador Taylor decided to smuggle them out of Iran on Canadian passports
and flanked by clusters of laurel and oak leaves
illustrating the Hungarian coat-of-arms flanked by oak leaves and acorns on both sides and affixed to the body of the gorget
The print is signed “To Marin Wagner
the center medallion featuring a white enamelled cross
Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Service Awards GTRexclude Ambassador Taylor decided to smuggle(Auszeichnungen). A pair 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. A Civil Service 40