Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards certificate_of_authenticity suggesting that he first began

suggesting that he first began his service between March and September 1940

The Rorqual was on mine-laying operations

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (55438) with the 19th Infantry Battalion

He married Marie Louise Ballou

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards certificate_of_authenticity suggesting that he first began(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 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. 17 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 0 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A Wehrmacht 4 Year