Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards for Second World War Combatants Hold surrounded by a rose-pink soutache

surrounded by a rose-pink soutache

A very well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s visor cap

one of several battles constituting the opening of Germany's Ardennes counteroffensive (more commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge")

Rockcliffe and Ottawa in Ontario

and minor unravel wire on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards for Second World War Combatants Hold surrounded by a rose-pink soutache(Wehrmacht Auszeichnungen). A pair of service awards for Second World War combatants, including; 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO