Just purchased this nice example ...Type 1 var3, circa 1942
Awarded for combat action resulting in a military success, courageous defence of the state borders or successful military and political training and planning
Nick
Medal for Combat Service
Just purchased this nice example ...Type 1 var3, circa 1942
Awarded for combat action resulting in a military success, courageous defence of the state borders or successful military and political training and planning
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Nice medal, congrats
This early issue (pre 1942) has to be on a square holder
See the example attached
Originally, yes they were, and many were "upgraded" to five sided suspensions as shown here.
Quite so and I think that "many" is actually "most" because the majority of recipients of the first type are likely to have been still serving in uniform when the change was madeby Bill Garvy
You have a nice example there Nick.
Here are two others for comparison;
1. A 1st type 3rd variant on the original rectangular suspension.
2. A 2nd type 3rd variant on the later 5 sided suspension of white metal rather than aluminium, note the integral 'U' shaped ring on the medal.
Something to watch for with these is the red enamel which tends to be often lost as with my 2nd type is sometimes replaced with red paint. Whether this was done by recipients to "smarten up" their medals or by those later trying to make a medal more attractive to buyers is anyones guess but I would lean towards the latter
As you can see, my 2nd type appears to have been cleaned a some point (not by me) but hasn't had a paint job!
Regards
Mark
Last edited by Watchdog; 11-25-2017 at 04:28 PM. Reason: typo
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
My latest purchase, a midwar awarded medal with wartime replaced suspension. Not as attractive as those early ones with square suspension but still nice. Looks like mine also has the letters repainted red again though that doesn't bother me that much with this badge.
Very nice Marcel, the repainted letters certainly are a striking effect!
Nice pick up cool Militaria
Nick
Just added this nice circa 1943 example with early ribbon set up
Nick
A beauty! I had it on my wishlist haha but it is great to see it came into good hands
When I first saw it on Matt's site I thought you would buy it Marcel, when I looked a week later it was still there!A beauty! I had it on my wishlist haha but it is great to see it came into good hands
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