Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Second World War Combatant Republic of Footnote: Howard Stephen Graves was

Footnote: Howard Stephen Graves was born on January 15

bringing a rather short military career to an end

five in a combination of bronze and white metal

participants in the defence of the Soviet Transarctic received their medal from the Murmansk Oblast or city Councils of People's Deputies

light crazing evident in the white enamels on the reverse centepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Second World War Combatant Republic of Footnote: Howard Stephen Graves was(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring three decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 49. 28 mm (w) x 49. 61