Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar

(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including:

1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Clas, 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”, without visible marks, measuring 43.90 mm (w) x 48.13 mm (h), demonstrating moderate loss of finish to the core, in very 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 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.15 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

Both suspended from a 70 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and black wool reverse liner, unmarked, demonstrating moderate soiling to the ribbons, in very fine condition.