The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze hilt featuring a retractable clamshell disc on the obverse bearing a raised fouled anchor
surrounded by a ring inscribed “MERENTI” (German - Merit)
circumscribed “For the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines” with a five pointed star and laurels at the base
The twelve countries included: the United Kingdom (Chair)
The blade exhibits horizontal scratches and surface wear overall
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Items visually-hidden The blade sits securely within(Zubehr). A mixed lot of three items, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central 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. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 5 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A Civil