with a gray upper and brown underside
consisting of a curved shield
in two layered paper with string
Knight's Cross on 5 November 1944 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 2
the reverse plain with a crimped metal hinge and vertical banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal Auction with a gray upper and(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32. 57 mm in diameter,