United States. Fifty-Eight Coast Artillery And Anti-Aircraft Military Insignia Badges Auction Archive a War Merit Cross ribbon

a War Merit Cross ribbon with Swords

one with the "Escort" clasp

trademarked and approval pending

inscribed "Blut und Ehre" above on a serrated circle with a rope border

United States. Fifty-Eight Coast Artillery And Anti-Aircraft Military Insignia Badges Auction Archive a War Merit Cross ribbonForty Eight are Coast Artillery, Ten are Anti Aircraft. All are fabricated from bronze, fifty six are gilt, two are silvered, in various colors of enamels, with various maker marks, in various sizes, forty one with a single screwback, seventeen with vertical pinbacks, ranging from very fine to extremely fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely