United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" certificate_of_authenticity Wehrmacht Long Service Award

Wehrmacht Long Service Award

measuring 247 mm in length and rating very fine

on a vertical needle pin

Accompanied by its cardboard mailing container

date marked "R

United States. A Presidential Medal Of Merit "For Exhibition Purposes Only" certificate_of_authenticity Wehrmacht Long Service AwardInstituted in 1942. 1942 1952. In bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, engraved "FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES ONLY" on the reverse, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 60. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States, awarded by the President of the United States, to