Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Brehmer - 3rd Type

Brehmer - 3rd Type

Turkey and the Western Front

measuring 28 mm (w) x 58

It was noted that he had syphilis before enlistment

on 26 September 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, Spanish-Made For Blue Division Veterans consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Brehmer - 3rd Type(Ostmedaille). Constructed of patinated and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a laurel branch, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42), above a crossed sword and laurel branch, topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grenade, unmarked, measuring 35. 69 mm