Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal By Deschler & Sohn Archive horizontal banjo style pinback with

horizontal banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse

where she remained in service until she was scrapped in 1923

with blue-enamelled border depicting the inscription “AL MÉRIOT EN CAMPAÑA” (“FOR MERIT IN CAMPAIGN”)

itself constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

featuring the central inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal By Deschler & Sohn Archive horizontal banjo style pinback with(Ostmedaille). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse with an inscription of WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42), above a crossed sword and laurel branch, topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grenade, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for