(Ordensschnalle mit Bandschnalle). A Luftwaffe medal bar for long service and Memel occupation, featuring five 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 45.25 mm (w) x 48.32 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.
2. A Wehrmacht 12-Year Long Service Award, constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Luftwaffe device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed number “12”, unmarked, measuring 30.09 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
3. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Award, constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Luftwaffe device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed number “4”, unmarked, measuring 30.13 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
4. An Anschluss Medal, constructed of silvered 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 “13. MÄRZ 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.37 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
5. 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 a wreathed inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE HEIMKEHR DES MEMELLANDES 22. MÄRZ 1939” (“IN MEMORY OF THE HOMECOMING OF MEMELAND, 22. MARCH 1939”), unmarked, measuring 32.07 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.
All suspended from 148 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback, marked “TZ” for an unidentified manufacturer, in extremely fine condition.
Accompanied by a matching ribbon bar, set on a 78 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, with minor surface oxidation visible to the reverse, in extremely fine condition.