Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white and black striped ribbon

white and black striped ribbon bar

The letter is a transcript sent by a comrade of Grimminger’s

Commander Neck Badge: in silver with white enamels

Footnote: Friedrich von Zedlitz was an field artillery commander

with crossed bayonets and a Cross Pattée

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white and black striped ribbon(SS Julfest 1939 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of JULFEST 1939 with oak leaves, the reverse bearing a raised dedication of DIE SCHWARZE GARDE SS OBERABSCHNITT OST (THE BLACK GUARD OF SS MAIN DISTRICT EAST), maker marked DESCHLER & SOHN for the famous Munich based medal firm, measuring 55 mm in diameter, a