Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was appointed by the Board

was appointed by the Board to assist Seaborn in the selection of the medical and nursing staff

affixed to a 27 mm circular mother-of-pearl support

It incorporates a 35 mm wide leather sweatband with a smooth tawny brown upper and raw underside

suspended from a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon

likely French

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was appointed by the Board(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,