Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction winning him an Iron Cross

winning him an Iron Cross 1st Class

blue and black embroidered panels

17 December 1899 in Königshütte (Chorzów)

grey-green wool backer

It completes with a hollow insertion slot featuring a functional push button release

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction winning him an Iron Cross(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,