Medal-set: 'Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42' as produced by the: 'Förster & Barth'-company being a clearly maker- (ie. '10'-marked) specimen that came stored in its original 'Zellstoff'-based pouch of issue as found

This is a very attractive specimen of a: 'Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42'-medal (ie. 'Ost'-medal) as was produced by the: 'Förster & Barth'-company and being a clearly maker- ie. '10'-marked specimen that came stored in its original 'Zellstoff'-based pouch of issue as found and stored for decades. The cross came together with its original, minimally confectioned and folded (approx. 19 cms. long) ribbon and was still packed in its neat ('Zellstoff'-based) and reddish-brown coloured, carton pouch when found. The medal is - as stated above - a neat silverish-grey-toned- and typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based specimen that was issued but hardly- ie. never used. The medal has a nicely preserved age-patina and was most certainly never cleaned nor polished and therefore are details and/or finish still very nice and/or crisp. The pouch comes in an equally nicely preserved condition: it is fully functional and complete (and shows the printed makers'-mark of the company 'Förster & Barth' as was based in the town of Pforzheim on its back). Simply a very attractive - and completely 'matching'! - 'Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42'-medal-set that will be very hard to be upgraded!