(the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht)
The 1st Belgian Battalion (Bataillon Belge) departed Antwerp on the December 18
bomb storage depot near Burton-on-Trent
constructed of extremely fine quality manufacture rolled
Each tunneller had his name engraved on the back of the fob
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot Of War Merit Decorations Archive (the rank of Obersturmführer was(Kriegsverdienstkreuze) A lot of four War Merit Decorations, including a War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 39 mm in diameter, weighing 14. 7 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine