Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive Footnote: Basil Edwin Rys Jones

Footnote: Basil Edwin Rys Jones was born at Robertson

Major Manning embarked Canada on August 7th

bearing the Imperial Orchid Blossom Crest on the top of the obverse of the medal with Vertical Japanese Characters translating to “Righteous Acts”

this time suffering a gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right knee

62 mm (w) x 71

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive Footnote: Basil Edwin Rys Jones(Auszeichnungen). An extensive 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 raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939, unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,