Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Medals
(Wehrmacht Dienstabzeichen). A pair of service medals, including a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, unmarked, measuring 44.18 mm (w) x 48.06 mm (h), weighing 20.3 grams, with minor loss of finish evident to the core, in overall better than very fine condition, and; a War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGS-VERDIENST 1939” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR 1939”), unmarked, measuring 32.40 mm in diameter, weighing 12.9 grams, in extremely fine condition.

