Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn Hold maker marked "CALDWELL & CO"

maker marked "CALDWELL & CO"

marked with “SS” runes followed by “Reich” on the reverse

and while pushing forward with his Section on the outskirts of Demain he was hit and instantly killed by a bullet from an enemy sniper’s rifle

A proposed 1938 referendum to show what proportion of the Sudetenland's residents would claim a German ethnic background did not take place

but to this date the unit or formation who wore this badge is unknown

Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn Hold maker marked "CALDWELL & CO"(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 and