Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach visually-hidden 1930s: three-piece construction

1930s: three-piece construction

Badge: in 18K Gold with red

presenting a folding crease and minimal age-related discolouration

The eagle is flanked by an SS-style edelweiss constructed of a black wool backer with white and golden-yellow machine-embroidery

a 1939 award

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach visually-hidden 1930s: three-piece construction(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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior