with minor loss of nickel plating to the scabbard
reverse inscribed "À NAPOLÉON LE GRAND LA FRANCE RÉGÉNÉRÉE" within an open-ended wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves
Footnote: Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik (1891–1985)
Newspaper Clipping (documenting the awarding of 250 Pounds for the Codex
maker marked in Thai on the inside lid
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service Archive with minor loss of nickel(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil service, 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. 22 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams, in near mint