A Parade Mounted German Medal Bar of Three Medals, Awards, and Decorations

A fine second war German medal bar grouping, consisting of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class, a Eastern Winter Campaign Medal, and a Commemorative Sudetenland medal; the “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse”; white metal cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44.26 mm x 44.72 mm; the “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 medaille”; in silvered and patinated bronze; with a large national eagle on the obverse clutching a swastika (“Hakenkreuz”) and a leftward facing Stahlhelm on the top with horizontally oriented stick grenade; the reverse “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42” (Winter Battle in the East 1941/42” in all capital letters with a crossed sword and laurel wreath on the bottom; on a loop for suspension; measuring 35.95 mm in diameter; the “Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. October 1938”; circular bronzed medal; on loop for suspension; the obverse with two raised male figures, the one on the right bearing the German flag in his left hand, with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left, with broken chains around his right arm (symbolic of the liberation of the Sudeten German from Czechoslovak oppression), with the German eagle directly below; the reverse with the date “1. Oktober 1938” centrally and circumscribed “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer” (One People, One Country, One Leader); measuring 32.16 mm in diameter; parade mounted to a German style ribbon bar; metal core (magnetic); horizontal pinback; maker marked “TZ” on the reverse; near extremely fine condition. (C: 163)