Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards United Republic of a brown leatherette exterior marked

a brown leatherette exterior marked MILITAER VERDIENSTKREUZ K

CHRISTMAS AT WAR 1944”)

Footnote: Abraham Edward ""Ed"" Shook was born on May 27

but was not mobilized and moved to France until June 2

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards United Republic of a brown leatherette exterior marked(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. 18 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A West Wall Medal,