Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive closing with the elaborate handwritten

closing with the elaborate handwritten signature of Kaiser Wilhelm II and dated 17 November 1911 (shortly before Wiegand assumed the position of Director of the Department of Antiquities of Berlin museums

with numerous contact marks and edge bumps

a silver content number of “835”

but was also fitted with a sophisticated anti-handling trap

depicted in the uniform of a Heer EM and wearing the Iron Cross I Class

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive closing with the elaborate handwritten(Auszeichnungen). A 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 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross