Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar For Civil And Wartime Service, With Case Archive which has offset onto the

which has offset onto the thick white cotton waistband on the interior

5 - Preparing for the Inevitable Conflict

By May of 1940

In October 1942 he contracted typhus and had to be treated in the Lazarett (military hospital) Tegernsee (southern Bavaria) until July 1943

being detached from its Brigade

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar For Civil And Wartime Service, With Case Archive which has offset onto the(Ordensschnalle mit Etui). A cased medal bar for civil and wartime service, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 48. 83 mm (w) x 48. 80 mm (h), in extremely fine condition. 2.