A Third Reich Period German War Merit Medal Archive large bronze button positioned in

large bronze button positioned in the button hole at the neck end

Silver bullion and green embroidery on khaki background

War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

later changing his next-of-kin in 1918 to his wife

He later spent sixteen months in Portugal

A Third Reich Period German War Merit Medal Archive large bronze button positioned inA Kriegsverdienstmedaille; in bronze; on loop for suspension; with a mint and unused period original ribbon; the obverse of the circular medal depicting a War Merit Cross; the reverse inscribed Fr Kriegsverdienst 1939 (For Wartime Merit 1939); measuring 32. 10 mm in diameter; weighing 13. 0 grams; better than fine condition.