Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for an Eastern Front Combatant

(Ordenschnalle). A medal bar for an Eastern Front combatant featuring three awards, 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 44.42 mm (w) x 50.29 mm (h), the integral ring has been replaced, in better than very fine condition.

2. An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42” (“WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941/42”), above a crossed sword and laurel branch, topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grenade, without visible marks, measuring 36.42 mm (w) x 45.00 mm (h), demonstrating some loss of finish, in very fine condition.

3. A Hungarian Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of Transylvania, constructed of zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 35.94 mm in diameter, demonstrating some loss of finish, in very fine condition.

4. A Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised cross overlaid by a hand clutching a sword, flanked by a date of “1941”, circumscribed by an inscription of CRUCIADA ÎMPOTRIVA COMUNISMULUI” (“CRUSADE AGAINST COMMUNISM”), the reverse bearing a raised female figure, circumscribed by an inscription of “ROMÂNIA RECUNOSCĂTOARE” (“ROMANIA IS GRATEFUL”), the obverse engraver marked “GRANT”, measuring 31.86 mm in diameter, attached to the bar backwards, in extremely fine condition.

All suspended from a 105 mm-long bar with a non-magnetic metal core, horizontal pinback, and field-grey wool reverse liner, in near extremely fine condition.