Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Second World War Combatant Republic of exhibiting the characteristics and quality

exhibiting the characteristics and quality of German made

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

Footnote: Howard Stephen Graves was born on January 15

dated 12 April 1942

five in a combination of bronze and white metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Long Service Medal Bar for a Second World War Combatant Republic of exhibiting the characteristics and quality(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