Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of War Merit Decorations Auction Archive reverse with the inscription FORTITVDINI

reverse with the inscription FORTITVDINI surrounded by a wreath

surmounted by a detailed 40

(23242421 GNR

VRED” (INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA POSTAL B

the latter two countries with the 217th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of War Merit Decorations Auction Archive reverse with the inscription FORTITVDINI(Kriegsverdienstkreuze). A mixed lot of War Merit decorations, 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. 27 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 6 grams, in extremely fine