Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by inscription of “GOTT

circumscribed by inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and oak leaf branches

it demonstrates minor material fatigue consistent with age and use

Original owner had numbered prominant individuals in picture

Cross for the Veterans of Leopold III (bronze gilt with white enamels

the last territorial conquest before the creation of the Kingdom of Italy on March 17

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by inscription of “GOTT(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32. 57 mm in diameter,