Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Five Service Decorations Newly Listed the Japanese South Seas Detachment

the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii clashed with under-strength Australian forces from the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Australian 39th Battalion on July 23rd at Awala

1914-15 Star (80140 Pte G

the Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht was Adolf Hitler in his capacity as Germany's head of state

In their hardshell case of issue

Badge on a cardboard backer

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Five Service Decorations Newly Listed the Japanese South Seas DetachmentA grouping of five Third Reich German medals, awards, and decorations consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, with a fixed loop and ring for suspension, 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,