Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, by Friedrich Orth, Vienna Auction Archive in browning brass

in browning brass

the face with a circular central medallion bearing a figure of St George on horseback slaying the dragon within a ring with beaded borders bearing stylised laurel sprays and surrounded by sapphires upper and lower left and right with five pearls above and four pearls left

A vertical slit is incorporated into each wrist

He was employed in 1906 as a rural postman in Swarkestone

Stahlhelm Membership Badge 1923

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, by Friedrich Orth, Vienna Auction Archive in browning brass(Ostmedaille mit Insignien). An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from 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, the suspension loop