Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Package Of Issue, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed III Class Cross

III Class Cross

5 mm x 45 mm with a slider on its reverse

affixed via two screwbacks to a reinforced black wool backer

1907 in Richmond

making it the world's oldest surviving chivalric order

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Package Of Issue, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed III Class Cross(Ostmedaille). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a 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), topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grande, unmarked, measuring 36. 16 mm (w) x 44. 21 mm (h), weighing 19. 4 grams, accompanied by its period original package