Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Medals for Second World War Service Archive third and fourth awards affixed

third and fourth awards affixed to its original ribbon with pinback

HEJDA 9/1916"

1917 lists him as being awarded the Distinguished Service Medal

soldiers had no head protection other than their cloth and leather caps

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Medals for Second World War Service Archive third and fourth awards affixed(Medaillen). A mixed lot of medals for Second World War service, 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 6 grams, in better than very fine