Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal With Document, To Gefreiter Helmut Westphal Auction Archive and the introduction year 1941

and the introduction year 1941

43 mm (h - inclusive of integral ball)

26 mm x 120 mm)

1940 by a captain of the 20th Reserve Panzer Destroyer Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal With Document, To Gefreiter Helmut Westphal Auction Archive and the introduction year 1941(Ostmedaille mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, the suspension loop maker marked with