Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed A German South Africa Campaign

A German South Africa Campaign Medal for Combatants - Bronze gilt

also bearing a raised SS insignia

rim of the medal slightly polished

He entered the Army in 1856

The obverse features an acid-etched inscription of “MEINE EHRE HEIßT TREUE” (“MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY”) in Fraktur script

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed A German South Africa Campaign(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. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross