Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Mint Decorations consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse inscribed "WORLD WAR BEGAN

reverse inscribed "WORLD WAR BEGAN AUGUST 1st 1914 CANADA ENT'D AUG

124 mm x 275 mm

50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1947-1997

Because of a nervous affection Kesselring wore an almost continuous smile which among Allied soldiers gave him the nickname of “Smiling Albert”

along with handwritten inscription in blue ink on the bottom

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Mint Decorations consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse inscribed "WORLD WAR BEGAN(Auszeichnungen mit Grtelschnalle). A mixed lot of decorations, 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 KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint