Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant certificate_of_authenticity severed exterior paper hinge

severed exterior paper hinge

(Madagascar)

the kurikata (knob) is present 38mm from the Koiguchi (scabbard mouth)

The blade is met at the upper crossguard by a blackened leather washer fitting securely at the base

Dorothy May of Balham

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant certificate_of_authenticity severed exterior paper hinge(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