Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Auction Archive and edged by burgundy colored

and edged by burgundy colored cotton threads (indicating the Gau level)

The cap is unmarked and measures approximately 198 mm (w) x 252 mm (l) x 72 mm (h)

and my appreciation of the way in which they have carried out the very arduous duties entrusted to them while under my command

marked "SILBER" (silver in German) on the ring

Below the large "8" is a manufacturer's label printed in black ink on white cotton

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Auction Archive and edged by burgundy colored(Auszeichnungen). A pair of service 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. 41 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A 1939 Iron