Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service United Republic of a Freikorps Self-Defence Battalion Wolf

a Freikorps Self-Defence Battalion Wolf badge

and numbered “No 061146”

early example in red wool

He received the German Cross in Silver as an Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) on August 22

all braided into an ornate knot with a silvered aluminum shield depicting a national eagle perched atop a mobile swastika

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service United Republic of a Freikorps Self-Defence Battalion Wolf(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, 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. 32 mm in diameter, 13. 3 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, maker marked