Germany, Wehrmacht. A Parade-Mounted Medal Bar
(Ordensschnalle). A parade-mounted medal bar featuring two decorations, including 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 six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, without visible marks, measuring 44.28 mm (w) x 47.66 mm (h), and; 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 32.07 mm in diameter; both suspended from 70 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a red wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback, unmarked, in overall extremely fine condition.

