Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Newly Listed 36 mm (w) x 73

36 mm (w) x 73

Officer’s Insignia Cap Badge for Artillery (Model 1939)

Footnote: The Medal was formally instituted on September 5

1st Class Grade (silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Newly Listed 36 mm (w) x 73(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of bronzed magnetic iron, die struck, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32.