Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China 28 mm x 32 mm

28 mm x 32 mm each

bronze gilt with red

into which are stitched two cotton straps bearing the aforementioned belt hooks

One week after arriving "in country"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China 28 mm x 32 mm(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior