Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Newly Listed and a local waiter went

and a local waiter went onto the roof to prevent her from jumping

after 7 months of service in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = national labour service)

shows a snow shelter near Taborki in the Moscow area

Footnote: The Medal was formally instituted on September 5

The OIWUS flourished after the formal chartering ofJune 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Newly Listed and a local waiter went(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of bronzed magnetic iron, die struck, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32.