Germany, Federal Republic. A War Merit Medal, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity Model of the Fourth Republic

Model of the Fourth Republic 1951-1962 (silver with blue

he was provided an education or training subsistence allowance of fifty dollars a month beginning in September of that same year

vertical needle style pinback with a barrel hinge (previously repaired

in fine aluminum wire and rolled bullion wire interlaced with light brown threading

On the Mayu Front in Burma

Germany, Federal Republic. A War Merit Medal, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity Model of the Fourth Republic(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central raised War Merit Cross, the reverse with an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 3 grams, in extremely fine condition.