For your consideration. What do you think?
For your consideration. What do you think?
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Very nice wartime medal. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful type 1 medal.
Very nice, I love the detail in this award
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Anyone else feel like the obverse was the winning design from a grade school art class?
Ooff!
Isn't the suspension postwar? I read that only the silver suspension with just a pin (also known as type 1 suspension) was used during the war, and then this brass one was used early postwar. Is this true?
Imo this one is a late wartime or early postwar replacement. The connecting ring has been opened and closed again. Happened a lot. These pins of the back of suspensions broke easily so I imagine the awardee replaced the double sided suspension wih this late war/early postwar single brass suspension. Very common to see.
Btw, there was no silver suspension! Here's a good link to suspensions:
Классификация пятиугольных колодок
A great reference! Thanks Marcel
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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