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Germany. Third Reich. Eastern Front Winter Campaign Medal, 1941–1942, marked ring
The Eastern Front Winter Campaign Medal (Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42), popularly known as the Ostmedaille, Winter Medal or, colloquially, the Frozen Meat Medal, was instituted on 26 May 1942 to recognize members of the German Armed Forces and associated personnel who took part in the Eastern Front campaign during the winter of 1941–1942, as part of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Made of zinc, this example retains its original ribbon. The suspension ring is maker-marked, but the number cannot be read clearly enough to identify the manufacturer.
Original German Second World War medal.
