Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Auction 24th 1909"

24th 1909"

He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve

overlaid by a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire inscription of “AFRIKAKORPS” in Latin script

measuring 260 mm (w) x 80 mm (w) x 225 mm (h)

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Auction 24th 1909"(SS Julfest 1939 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of JULFEST 1939 with oak leaves, the reverse bearing a raised dedication of DIE SCHWARZE GARDE SS OBERABSCHNITT OST (THE BLACK GUARD OF SS MAIN DISTRICT EAST), maker marked DESCHLER & SOHN for the famous Munich based medal firm, measuring 55 mm in diameter,