The American Defense Service Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces
with sharp details and a correct replacement ribbon
This rare and superb dirk is in an overall extremely fine condition
inscribed “SUUM CUIQUE” (Each their own) in gilt lettering with a multi-coloured enameled partial laurel wreath at the base
Military Preparation) above
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar Newly Listed The American Defense Service Medal(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Clas, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 43. 90 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), demonstrating