Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “OERTEL

maker marked “OERTEL

A cloth version of the German Cross in Gold issued to Heer personnel

letter 43/80/147 - MSK (504)

affixed to a 27 mm circular mother-of-pearl support

suspended from a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked “OERTEL(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,