Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed The Order of Military Merit

The Order of Military Merit was instituted on 3 August 1864 by Queen Isabella II and awarded to members of the Spanish Armed Forces

small stain on ribbon

The Group lost 171 aircraft Missing in Action

to commemorate mentions in dispatches

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed The Order of Military Merit(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A medal bar for an Eastern Front combatant with two decorations, including a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed dates of 1939,