4-pieced WH (Heeres etc.) medal-bar (ie.: 'Ordenspange')
This is a decorative - and in this combination with certainty not that easily found! - four-pieced WH (Heeres etc.) (ie. WWII- ie. TR-period) medal-bar (ie. 'Ordenspange') that respectively shows an: 'Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse' (or: iron-cross second class), a: 'Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42'-medal (ie. 'Ost'-medal), a: RAD (ie.'Reichsarbeitsdienst'): 'Dienstauszeichnung 4. Stufe für Männer' and a: 'Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938' (or: Czech 'Anschluss'-medal) as was awarded to all members of the armed forces that participated in the German occupation of Czechoslovakia that started on: '1. Oktober 1938' all four medals (and 'Spange'!) coming in an overall very nice- (albeit just moderately used and/or worn-), condition. All four medals are nicely preserved examples that seem to have never been cleaned nor polished: all four come in an equally minimally tarnished- ie. dusty condition and naturally also come mounted onto their period ribbons. The iron cross - which is an attractive example that was produced by a by me unidentified maker (ie. 'Hersteller') - was with certainty never cleaned and has a very nice and/or attractive age-patina: it has just a minimally tarnished appearance (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross comes mounted onto its (early!) orange-toned ribbon and retains truly very nice and/or pronounced detail and has a very nicely preserved, black-finished (ie. somewhat 'matted'- ie. satin-like) core that shows some minimal paint-damage as more often. The 'Ost'-medal is a neat silverish-grey-toned- and/or typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based specimen that 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 attractive RAD (ie.'Reichsarbeitsdienst'): 'Dienstauszeichnung 4. Stufe für Männer' is of the typical 'light-weight'- (ie. I deem aluminium- ie. 'Cupal'-based-) version and retains gorgeous details and has a superb ie. only minimally darkened- ie. tarnished age-patina: it retains all of its fairly 'glossy'- and/or: darker-bronze-toned finish. The 'Anschluss'-medal retains also all of its original, bright-golden-bronze-toned finish: it is also a tiny bit dirty ie. tarnished, simply caused by minimal wear and/or decades of storage (as can be noticed on the pictures). The 'Ordenspange' comes naturally mounted onto its functional pin- (ie. catch-) set-up and is not 'backed' with a piece of wool but comes mounted onto a metal backing-plate as is more often seen (as can be seen on the pictures). The medal-bar was recently found at a private-household in Germany and was never before part of a collection. The 'Spange' is most certainly a period-compiled- and/or worn piece and is NOT a post-war compilation or alike: it originated as stated above from a private-household and was kept as such for decades. Simply a very attractive - and decorative! - 4-pieced, WH (Heeres etc.) related medal-bar- ie. 'Ordenspange' and that is in my opinion accordingly priced!
Code: 68034