Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Service and Merit Medals

Item #G44453

$91
(Drittes Reich Medaillen). A lot of three service and merit medals, including a Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central date of “1. OKTOBER 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.13 mm in diameter, weighing 15.1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in better than very fine condition; a Civil Service 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms, with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, the obverse with a central black swastika, the reverse with a central inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE”), unmarked, measuring 41.25 mm (w) x 46.15 mm (h), weighing 20.9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in better than very fine condition, and; an Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”), the reverse with an etched institution date of “16. DEZEMBER 1938” and a signature of the Führer, unmarked, measuring 36.09 mm (w) x 45.79 mm (h), weighing 11.9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), minor chipping of enamels evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.