Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar to an Eastern Front Combatant

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar to an Eastern Front combatant featuring three awards, 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 43.50 mm (w) x 48.76 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of “1939”, without visible marks, measuring 48.90 mm (w) x 49.56 mm (H), in extremely fine condition.

3. An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and patinated zink, 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, without visible marks, measuring 36.14 mm (w) x 44.60 mm (h), with loss of silver finish evident, in very fine condition.

All suspended from a 98 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner, unmarked, in extremely fine condition.