Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude 48 mm (h - inclusive

48 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

34 mm x 36 mm

1944 from his war service and was awarded the CVSM and WM

Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal (bronze

A lot of four wartime photos

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude 48 mm (h - inclusive(Medaille fr Leistungen in Tierzucht mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IN DER TIERZUCHT (FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN ANIMAL BREEDING), circumscribed by an inscription of DER REICHSMINISTER FR ERNHRUNG UND LANDWIRTSCHAFT (THE REICH MINISTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE), unmarked, measuring 50 mm in