Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China unnamed and drilled for ring

unnamed and drilled for ring suspension

even though they were carrying several hundred troops

the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of “TREUE FÜR FÜHRER UND VOLK” (“LOYALTY FOR FÜHRER AND PEOPLE”)

intricate detailing and weighing 2

describing a Prisoner of War taken in Holland by the Fusiliers Mont-Royal on 16 April 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China unnamed and drilled for ring(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior