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

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar to an Eastern Front combatant featuring two decorations, including:

1. 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 47.48 mm (w) x 49.84 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

2. 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 36.30 mm (w) x 44.12 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish, in very fine condition.

Both suspended from a 60 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and dark green wool reverse liner, unmarked, in extremely fine condition.