marked “65” for “Klein & Quenzer” manufacture
with twin 8-inch guns mounted in turrets fore and aft
1939 reads: in the name of the German Volk I give to bank director Otto Geiger the authorization to accept the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
and other winter garments
circumscribed with the statement “HAUPTUNTERNEHMER GRÜN U
Germany, Wehrmact. A Mint Eastern Front Medal, By Paul Meybauer United Republic of marked “65” for “Klein &(Ostmedaille). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, 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 36. 28 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing