describing a Prisoner of War taken in Holland by the Fusiliers Mont-Royal on 16 April 1945
including 1936 Nuremberg Rally badge
the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of “TREUE FÜR FÜHRER UND VOLK” (“LOYALTY FOR FÜHRER AND PEOPLE”)
Issued 1923-1933
even though they were carrying several hundred troops
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China describing a Prisoner of War(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