the Stahlhelm is in a better than very fine condition
A rare award document for a Lapland Shield
after the royal family had just returned to Lisbon from the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa in Alentejo
and to All Brave Men of whatever Clime or Creed
58 mm (h - inclusive of bar suspension)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Stahlhelm is in a(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,