1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War Medal (instituted in 1906
reverse centerpiece presenting period crossed French flags in Gold with red
the outer row butting the fringe wider than the row butting the wool upper
and the badge demonstrates crude attachment of the catch characteristic of late Richard Simm examples
49 mm x 108 mm each
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service United Republic of 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War Medal (instituted(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams, in mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross II Class,