Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Republic of He was reported killed in

He was reported killed in an air crash in August 1945

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern Erinnerungs-Streichholzschachtel)

a lightly worn example with a pleasing patina

appeared in the Fourth Supplement to the London Gazette 30203 of Tuesday

Orriginal ribbons

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Republic of He was reported killed in(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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Eastern Front Medal,