Germany, Wehrmact. A Mint Eastern Front Medal, By Paul Meybauer Auction Class was needed to qualify

Class was needed to qualify for this award

Instituted 30 August 1913 by Prince Regent Ludwig

Correspondence Between Maddock and the Navy Department Requesting Six Replacement Medals (which he "held until sometime in 1929")

HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer

the only U-boat commander to be so commemorated

Germany, Wehrmact. A Mint Eastern Front Medal, By Paul Meybauer Auction Class was needed to qualify(Ostmedaille). 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, unmarked, measuring 36. 28 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing