Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards Archive and Order of Labour

and Order of Labour

on August 5

They may have been intended to indicate which side of the civil war the recipient had served and would be a way the new government could recognize both sides equally – the medal with the Royal Army trident and Chaka symbol for the Royal Lao Army soldiers

with light soiling throughout from age

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards Archive and Order of Labour(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of award, 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 (FOR WAR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 32. 43 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 7 grams, in extremely fine condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II