Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei

Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei

arriving at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp in France on September 23

Major Wood also received the Air Force Cross (Posthumously) for this mission

traces of greening on the obverse

the day of his departure from Canada

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Underneath it reads “Reichsdruckerei(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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint