Cholm Shield

Baden: Field Service Medal (bronze, 29.8 mm); and Prussia: Hohenzollern Campaign Medal for Combatants 1848-1849 (bronze, 31 mm). Replacement ribbons, spotting, contact marks, very fine.

Constructed in silvered and gilded tombac, 35mm, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: a prototype made circa 1950’s but never adopted, rare

A fine example of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class; silver frame with a blackened iron core; on a loop for suspension (marked “23” for Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Graveur und Ziselierung, Berlin); with its period-original ribbon; measuring 44.61 mm x 44.24 mm; weighing 19.9 grams; near extremely fine condition.

A NSDAP bronze grade (3rd class) 10-year long service award; in bronzed aluminum; on loop for suspension; with its period-original ribbon; measuring 42.92 mm x 43.26 mm; weighing 16.7 grams; accompanied by its miniature boutonniere exhibiting a bronze wreathed national eagle with a small tie-knotted ribbon and a black celluloid button; also included is a matching ribbon bar, also exhibiting a bronze wreathed national eagle, with a horizontal pinback. All accompanied by the original box of issue; constructed of carton with a brown faux leather (leatherette) exterior ; with a golden national eagle embossed on the outside of the lid; stamped “RZM M1/72” for “Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart” on the reverse; measuring 93 mm x 50 mm; overall near extremely fine condition.