Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive and engraved on the SAEM

and engraved on the SAEM

Both events took place in Amsterdam

the capital of Manitoba was a small centre separated from Ontario by the rocks and forests of the Canadian Shield region

marked "Bronzene Militär Verdienst medaille" (Bronze Military Merit Medal) in faded gold-coloured ink on the lid

bronze plates on either side illustrating plum blossoms flanking the Republican sun insignia with crossed flags of the Kuomintang and the Republic at the pommel end

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive and engraved on the SAEM(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. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A Wehrmacht 4 Year