Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar For Distinguished Nsdap And Civil Defence Service Hold and "JUWELIERE GEBR

and "JUWELIERE GEBR

has been cut to fit plastic sleeve)

Training was for 18 months and candidates had to agree to not marry during training and to serve for at least three more years of active duty service

Private John McKechnie

Knight was with the 58th Infantry Battalion when he was Killed in Action on October 26

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar For Distinguished Nsdap And Civil Defence Service Hold and "JUWELIERE GEBR(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a Wehrmacht serviceman with distinguished NSDAP and civil defence service. It features four decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 48.