Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction was added to the ribbon

was added to the ribbon for each subsequent award

The German letter is dated to Berlin on 23 January 1869 and was sent on behalf of the minister of clergy

but a textbook example of “Ferdinand Wiedmann” manufacture

Footnote: The decoration was instituted in 1951 and awarded to labour leaders for outstanding service in the enhancement of state infrastructures or innovative technology development

who with his troops rose up against Iturbide and declared a republic on December 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Auction was added to the ribbon(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of service 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 central inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War