Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for an Eastern Front combatant featuring three decorations, including:

1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, without visible marks, measuring 43.94 mm (w) x 47.58 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish and minor surface oxidation throughout the core, in very fine condition.

2. An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse bearing a raised 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, without visible marks, measuring 36.15 mm (w) x 44.58 mm (h), demonstrating near-total loss of finish, in very fine condition.

3. A Sudetenland Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of “1. OKTOBER 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.36 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

All suspended from a 95 mm-long bar with a magnetic metal core, horizontal pinback, and dark green wool reverse liner, unmarked, in extremely fine condition.