an unbodied star consisting of enameled red and yellow four swords connected by their gilded hilts on the centre
Footnote: Whistles made of bone or wood have been used for thousands of years for spiritual
maker marked "PRÄWEMA MARKNEUIRCHEN" on their screwback)
mounted to a Soviet-style aluminum-framed suspension
the obverse bears the intertwined cipher “SAD” for Smagās Artilērijas Divizions (Heavy Artillery Division) superimposed over two upwards facing crossed cannons
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Auction an unbodied star consisting of(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint