stating that he had four years military service as a Private with the Cheshire Regiment
29TH FOOT) Naming is officially impressed
marked on the pin by maker’s mark of A
wrote the book Men of the Waffen-SS”
his fortunes would change
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Decorations Republic of stating that he had four(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, 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. 21 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Italian German