Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Police Service Hold Originally serving with the 53rd

Originally serving with the 53rd Battalion

magnificent example and outstanding leadership have been an inspiration to his regiment and have directly contributed throughout the mixed and heavy fighting of the 1944 Italian campaign to successive defeats of the enemy

a piece of black wool missing on the right tip

Amand was released from the Army on January 16

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Police Service Hold Originally serving with the 53rd(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class with