Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Medal Archive within a ring of white

within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “UNSER IROENLEREN SEI GLAUBE AN DAS EWIGE” (“OUR EARTHLY LIFE IS FAITH IN THE ETERNITY”)

a Pilot’s Badge certificate (147x208mm

80 mm (w) x 25

There is a partial loss of flexion in (the) index finger

A seldomly encountered example by this maker

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Medal Archive within a ring of white(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). 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 KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. mm in diameter, weighing aprox. 13 grams, in near mint condition.