Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Package Of Issue, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed (Hamburger Kriegerdenkmal Erinnerungsmedaille)

(Hamburger Kriegerdenkmal Erinnerungsmedaille)

a Hungarian First War commemorative medal

making it the world's oldest surviving chivalric order

III Class Cross

with two push pins

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Package Of Issue, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed (Hamburger Kriegerdenkmal Erinnerungsmedaille)(Ostmedaille). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised 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), topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grande, unmarked, measuring 36. 16 mm (w) x 44. 21 mm (h), weighing 19. 4 grams, accompanied by its period original package