Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed within an open-ended wreath

within an open-ended wreath

constructed of two lengths of brown leather

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire inscription of “SEGELSCHULSCHIFF GORCH FOCK”

also Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Newly Listed within an open-ended wreath(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. 16 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross