Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction when he with another soldier

when he with another soldier and had a shell expoded next to them during a German bombardment

with the left side painted in a black and red motif

reverse presents a white-enamelled central medallion bearing the date “1849

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

but a textbook example of “Ferdinand Wiedmann” manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction when he with another soldier(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot 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 a central inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War