(the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht)
The 1st Belgian Battalion (Bataillon Belge) departed Antwerp on the December 18
a hook at the pointed right end
the 9 and 3 o’clock arms bear the date “1914”
bomb storage depot near Burton-on-Trent
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot Of War Merit Decorations Archive (the rank of Obersturmführer was(Kriegsverdienstkreuze) A lot of four War Merit Decorations, including 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 an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 39 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 7 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine