Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Award Document To Helmut Garz, By Förster & Barth Auction Archive listed as Air Vice-Marshal J

listed as Air Vice-Marshal J

Sudbury and Haileybury

Accompanied by his Royal Air Force Service and Release Book (named to "1479659 W/O N BATEY"

scattered silvering wear and contact marks on the first stickpin

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Award Document To Helmut Garz, By Förster & Barth Auction Archive listed as Air Vice-Marshal J(Ostmedaille mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse with an 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 LDO