Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DER REICHSMINISTER FÜR VOLKSAUFKLÄRUNG UND PROPAGANDA FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE FÖRDERUNG DES DEUTSCHEN CHORGESANGES UND DIE PFLEGE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKSLIEDES” (“FROM THE REICH MINISTER FOR PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROPAGANDA FOR SERVICE IN THE PROMOTION OF GERMAN CHOIR SINGING AND THE CARE OF GERMAN FOLK SONGS”)

5cm in width

unadopted pattern of which only a few were manufactured

reverse is reinforced with pencil marks of 65b

On November 4th the war was over on the Italian front

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive the reverse bearing a raised(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. 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 and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, 49. 38 mm (w) x 49. 28 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Eastern