Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction Archive A Case for the Order

A Case for the Order of Henry the Lion - for the Officer’s Cross

possibly employed as a laborer or in a political capacity

83" on the reverse

and Volume 4

the reverse bears the crowned monogram of King Carol I

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction Archive A Case for the Order(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.