Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for an Afrikakorps Serviceman Buy Now the medal to be awarded

the medal to be awarded to officers

An unusual and rare feature of this star is the reverse medallion

measuring 39 mm (w) x 114 mm (l)

the obverse bearing an inscription of “DEM BESTEN SCHUTZEN” (“TO THE BEST RIFLEMEN”) within an oak leaf wreath

1st Class - in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for an Afrikakorps Serviceman Buy Now the medal to be awarded(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring three awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 48. 14 mm (w) x 49. 55 mm