worn on a green ribbon with two buttons attached at the top of the reverse
the reverse inscribed IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA 21 JUNE 1887
had been struck off by a Court of Enquiry
Award document for “Cufftitle Afrika” (Leutnant Friedrich Karch)
This rare document is unfolded
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive worn on a green ribbon(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for civil and military 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. 7 grams, in near mint