Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Province of China Silver-gilt and enamels

Silver-gilt and enamels

very minor hairline cracks in enamel wreath

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

extremely fine and very fine

The Military Merit Medal is often referred to as the "Signum Laudis" (Latin for "sign of praise") after the inscription on the reverse of the medal

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Province of China Silver-gilt and enamels(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. 21 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross