Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Republic of secured together with a pebbled

secured together with a pebbled aluminum buckle

Constructed of a bronzed magnetic metal

The crown retains a fully-legible maker’ mark of “HCH

light wear and crazing present on the leather sweatband

one of which is stamped with an "A")

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Republic of secured together with a pebbled(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). 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. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior