Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic all measuring 37 mm (w)

all measuring 37 mm (w) x 35 mm (h)

counter-attacked twice during the Second Battle of Ypres (April and May 1915) and suffered heavy losses

A Pair of Luftwaffe Shoulder Boards for General der Flieger

a maker’s code of “M9/4”

Albrechsten with a strength of 15 officers and 507 other ranks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic all measuring 37 mm (w)(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, 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. 57 mm in diameter,