Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Purple Heart awarded to

Footnote: Purple Heart awarded to John R

in die stamped silvered non magnetic metal

He rose to the rank of General of the Infantry and was established by Kaiser William II in the hereditary Prussian nobility in August 1905

backed by a black embroidered bar

Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: Purple Heart awarded to(SS Julfest 1939 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of JULFEST 1939 with oak leaves, the reverse bearing a raised dedication of DIE SCHWARZE GARDE SS OBERABSCHNITT OST (THE BLACK GUARD OF SS MAIN DISTRICT EAST), maker marked DESCHLER & SOHN for the famous Munich based medal firm, measuring 55 mm in diameter and