in bronze with a bronze-coloured wash
each bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with green threaded chevrons and pinned with zink Reichsfinanzverwaltung cyphers
the obverse bearing a gilded alloy leftward-facing profile of AH
bronze palm and lion medallion on its original ribbon with dual prong pinback
he was in for a shock
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude in bronze with a bronze-coloured(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 21 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 2 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class,