Morocco, Kingdom. A Royal Order Of Civil Merit Medal, I Class, C.1970 Hold The Wound Badge in Silver

The Wound Badge in Silver award document is named to Unteroffizier Schmid of the 1st Company of Reserve Pionier Battalion 26 for being wounded three times (or for a third time

the reverse inscribed “FÜR TAPFERKEIT” (German - For Bravery) within an open-ended laurel and oak wreath

The three letters concerning the promotion to Hauptmann were sent to Struve by different Wehrmacht offices to inform him of his new rank

In 1945 he was captured by the Russians and spent 10 years as a prisoner of war before being released

with only very minor enamel loss to St

Morocco, Kingdom. A Royal Order Of Civil Merit Medal, I Class, C.1970 Hold The Wound Badge in SilverOuissam al Rida. Instituted in 1966. Two piece construction, in bronze gilt with red and green enamels, marked on the reverse, measuring 33. 7 mm in diameter, intact enamels, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Civil Merit was established by King Hassan II in 1966, in three classes: Exceptional Class, I Class and II Class. It was awarded to Moroccan citizens for meritorious civil services to the country.