Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Original owner had numbered prominant

Original owner had numbered prominant individuals in picture

His body was returned to the United States and buried in Arlington National Cemetery

1917 to February 20

circumscribed by inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and oak leaf branches

several hundred cannon and much ammunition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Original owner had numbered prominant(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, 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. 57 mm in diameter,