Germany, Gdr. A National People’s Army (Nva) Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Grade, With Case Auction July 1944)

July 1944)

functional spring catch wtih stud release

with obverse centre depicting a red-enamelled silver Latin Cross

Royal Artillery under Major George Crawford and was to serve with the battalion for his entire career

above a fenced prisoner of war camp with multiple huts

Germany, Gdr. A National People’s Army (Nva) Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Grade, With Case Auction July 1944)(Verdienstmedaille der Nationalen Volksarmee in Silber mit Etui). Instituted 1 June 1956. (1956 1990 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with pentagonal bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with raised figures representing the Army, Navy, and Air Force, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENST NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE NATIONAL PEOPLES ARMY), the