Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards visually-hidden refurbished by Panama Canal personnel

refurbished by Panama Canal personnel and briefly placed in commission with the United States Navy as USSCallao (ID-4036) to bring service people home from Europe

Silver Grade (Militär-Verdienstmedaille "Signum Laudis")

stating their purposes

From around 1931 on wards Overhoff and Cie was still the principal maker of this SS buckle

Above the left breast pocket is a four level Ribbon Bar displaying the ribbons of fifteen orders and medals (first level: 1 Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards visually-hidden refurbished by Panama Canal personnel(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. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 3 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross