An Iron Cross & Africa Campaign Medal Bar Hold cross and eagle insignias on

cross and eagle insignias on the chain

where he was to spend the next two weeks

and was engaged in the Battle of Kursk in 1943

Section B on December 31

24 mm x 116 mm each

An Iron Cross & Africa Campaign Medal Bar Hold cross and eagle insignias onIron Cross 2nd Class 1939 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "5" (Hermann Wernstein, Jena Lobstedt) on the ring, 44. 7 mm); War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (bronzed tombac, 48. 5 mm); and German Italian Africa Campaign Medal (bronze, engraver marked "DE MARCHIS" and maker marked "LORIOLI MILANO", 30. 8 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, original ribbons, better than extremely fine.