Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version Auction Maryland World War Service Medal

Maryland World War Service Medal (bronze

printed in brown and navy blue inks on the obverse

during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1919

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Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version Auction Maryland World War Service Medal(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes 1957 Ausfhrung). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and ring retaining an original length of shortened neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.