Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude Library of Congress Catalog Card

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-11273

1st Airborne Division

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Footnote: The Merchant Marine played a large role in the convoy operations in the Atlantic during the Second World War

The Easter Sunday Raid went ahead despite Birchall’s signal

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Military and Civil Service GTRexclude Library of Congress Catalog Card(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for military and civil service featuring five decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with 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. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 0