Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant Auction Archive trimmed along both the top

trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with blue piping indicating Orts-level personnel

measuring 143 mm (w) x 206 (h)

inscribed "1st DIVISION / GRENADIER GUARDS / COLDSTREAM GUARDS / SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS / 42nd 79th AND 93rd REGts / 4TH DIVISION / 63rd 20th 21st AND 57th REGts / 2 COMPANIES OF THE 46th REGt / 68th REGt / 1st BATTn RIFLES / CAVALRY DIVISION / 4th & 5th Dn Gds 1st 2nd & 6th Dns / 4th 8th 11th 13th & 17th LIGHT DRAGOONS / ROYAL ARTILLERY / ROYAL ENGINEERS" and dated "OCTr 25th 1854" below

A rare and unique prototype of the German National Prize for Art and Science

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant Auction Archive trimmed along both the top(Ordensschnalle). An unusual medal bar for an Eastern Front combatant featuring fix decorations, including: 1 A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original early issue ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock