The chinstrap rests upon a protruding pressed leather visor
A Kriegsmarine Marksmanship Lanyard
and in this capacity he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
but after a couple years in retirement
A matching set of Luftwaffe Generalmajor collar tabs
Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for First and Second World War Service visually-hidden The chinstrap rests upon a(Auszeichungnen). A mixed lot of awards for First and Second World War 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. 23 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams