Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased and Maker-Marked Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac fraying on the synthetic liner

fraying on the synthetic liner in the dome

measuring 19 mm (w) x 6

Footnote: The Queen’s Own Rifles was established on April 26

dated on reverse: 1939

minor contact marks and a tiny enamel flake

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased and Maker-Marked Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac fraying on the synthetic liner(Auszeichungen). A pair of awards, including: 1. An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and toned zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse bearing an 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, the suspension loop