Germany, Wehrmacht. A EKII Medal Bar for Combat & Occupation Service

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for combat and occupation service, featuring two decorations, including:

1. 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 43.84 mm (w) x 48.24 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A Sudetenland 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 a central raised date of “1. OKTOBER 1939”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.06 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

Both suspended from a 65 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool reverse liner, unmarked, with oxidation visible to the catch and minor soiling of the ribbons, in near extremely fine condition.