Because of a nervous affection Kesselring wore an almost continuous smile which among Allied soldiers gave him the nickname of “Smiling Albert”
Although the Argylls perpetuate both the 19th and the 173rd
124 mm x 275 mm
along with handwritten inscription in blue ink on the bottom
” constructed of white embroidered lettering on a black cotton/rayon blended backer
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Mint Decorations consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Because of a nervous affection(Auszeichnungen mit Grtelschnalle). 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 a raised inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 40 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 9 grams, in near mint