Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Hold maker marked “HOFFSTÄTTER

maker marked “HOFFSTÄTTER

is preserved in the museum complex of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington

"Hussars" script is partially obscured

emboss stamped with the "F

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Hold maker marked “HOFFSTÄTTER(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 Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 36 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,