Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards

(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of service 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 “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”), unmarked, measuring 32.37 mm in diameter, weighing 12.9 grams, in near mint condition.

2. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of “1939”, unmarked, measuring 48.50 mm (w) x 48.96 mm (h), weighing 18.4 grams, in extremely fine condition.

3. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, unmarked, measuring 44.20 mm (w) x 47.58 mm (h), weighing 19.5 grams, in extremely fine condition.

4. A Spanish Commemorative Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939, constructed of gilded and blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 36.70 mm in diameter, weighing 24.0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.