Germany, Heer. A Medal For The Winter Campaign In Russia 1941/1942 And Manufacturer’s Packet, By E. Ferd Weidmann Hold silver with blue and black

silver with blue and black enamelled insignia

the spoon measuring 152 mm in length

He died at the age of 22 and is buried in Fonthill Cemetery

his father having predeceased him by nineteen years

Courageous (effective April 24

Germany, Heer. A Medal For The Winter Campaign In Russia 1941/1942 And Manufacturer’s Packet, By E. Ferd Weidmann Hold silver with blue and black(Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42). Instituted on 26 May 1942. A medal constructed of zink with a gun metal coloured coating, the concave obverse features a NSDAP eagle grasping a swastika with a laurel branch behind, the reverse shows the text WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42), above a crossed sword and branch, a helmet and stick grenade rest below the medal loop, the outer ring finished in a polished silver