Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction Archive 83" on the reverse

83" on the reverse

and Volume 4

A Case for the Order of Henry the Lion - for the Officer’s Cross

The first group to be dropped

the reverse bears the crowned monogram of King Carol I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction Archive 83" on the reverse(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of bronzed magnetic iron, die struck, 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.