Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction enamelled Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

enamelled Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps insignia affixed and engraved "S/SGT

It completes with a hollow insertion slot featuring a functional push button release

winning him an Iron Cross 1st Class

in fine clear weather off the Old Head of Kinsale (a headland on southern coast of Ireland)

grey-green wool backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction enamelled Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps(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,