Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges United Republic of Military Merit

Military Merit

MACs began entering service in May 1943 and although originally intended as an interim measure pending the introduction of escort carriers

His left arm having experienced a shrapnel ball passing through the deltoid muscle and the left leg perforated by a shrapnel ball passing through its inner surface

period swing mounted in their original Spinks case

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Badges United Republic of Military Merit(Wehrmacht Dienstabzeichen). A pair of service badges, including a War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 48. 58 mm (w) x 48. 49