Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Vigil Cast Iron Relief, By Lauchhammer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original padded ribbon with red wool backer and horizontal pinback

Accompanied by a US insignia pin with horizontal pin on reverse

Camp Hammelburg

Stoffausführung mit Verleihungsurkunde)

and Jabs was transferred to night fighting and Defense of the Reich

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Vigil Cast Iron Relief, By Lauchhammer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on loop for suspension from(Eisengu Plakette). Constructed of patinated magnetic cast iron, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a Wehrmacht soldier keeping vigil over a fallen comrade lying on a bed, clutching a rifle and with his head bowed in silence, the reverse of the relief with an integrated suspension loop, maker marked with the logo of the Lauchhammer Iron Foundry in the eponymous German town, measuring 230 mm (w) x 355 mm (h), some oxidation is evident to the