Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for Memel and Eastern Front Service

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for Memel and Eastern Front service featuring three decorations, including a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, without visible marks, measuring 44.24 mm (w) x 47.70 mm (h); a Memel Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MÄRZ 1939” (“IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HOMECOMING OF MEMELLAND 22. MARCH 1939”), unmarked, measuring 32.17 mm in diameter, and; a Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a hand clutching a sword, flanked by a date of “1941”, circumscribed by an inscription of “CRUCIADA ÎMPOTRIVA COMUNISMULUI” (“CRUSADE AGAINST COMMUNISM”), the reverse bearing a raised female figure circumscribed by an inscription of “ROMÂNIA RECUNOSCĂTOARE” (“ROMANIA IS GRATEFUL”), engraver marked “P. GRANT”, measuring 31.77 mm in diameter; all suspended 95 mm-long bar with a grey wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback, unmarked, with some mothing evident to the liner, an otherwise beautifully-presented bar with a rare Memel Medal in extremely fine condition.