Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Lind & Meyrer United Republic of (Italienisch-deutsche Feldzugsmedaille für Afrika)

(Italienisch-deutsche Feldzugsmedaille für Afrika)

/ DIED IN HIS COUNTRY’S SERVICE / 25 JAN

obverse illustrating a soldier holding the Colombian flag atop a mountain

both prongs fully intact

the obverse dated “1914”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Lind & Meyrer United Republic of (Italienisch-deutsche Feldzugsmedaille für Afrika)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 80 mm (h), weighing 23. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock, the