It is flanked by magnetic metal studs which accommodate an intact black leatherette chinstrap which is adjusted with dual magnetic metal buckles
(FIRS = FIPR) from the Italian Federation
one of only fifteen men to do so
the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/189”
Newspaper Clipping (documenting the awarding of 250 Pounds for the Codex
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive It is flanked by magnetic(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint