Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Award document for “Cufftitle Afrika”

Award document for “Cufftitle Afrika” (Leutnant Friedrich Karch)

Footnote: From the collection of Dietrich Maerz

(Orden vom Eisernen Helm Brabant Kreuz)

worn on a green ribbon with two buttons attached at the top of the reverse

This is an exceptionally well preserved photo album belonging to a Heer (Army) soldier

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive Award document for “Cufftitle Afrika”(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for civil and military 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. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint