Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil & Military Awards visually-hidden some crosses were made

some crosses were made

Footnote: Edgar Perry Smeeton was born on July 18

bearing a raised Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the obverse

he was promoted to Colonel and made Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command for special use XXXVII

constructed of a magnetic molybdenum steel and retaining most of an original olive-drab painted finish

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Civil & Military Awards visually-hidden some crosses were made(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. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross