Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia Hold Freckleton and F/S E

Freckleton and F/S E

one of which was Lieutenant Colonel Urich

circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR-BRIEFTAUBENWESEN” (“FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING”)

top of the cross period nicely repaired/re-enforced

the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Insignia Hold Freckleton and F/S E(Auszeichnungen und Insignien). A mixed lot of awards and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 46 mm (w) x 47. 82 mm