Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity In his Personnel Selection Report

In his Personnel Selection Report

1916 and signed in pencil by the commanding General of the 19th (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps

The latter end bears a reverse handwritten owner’s name of “BIRNBAUM”

a son and a daughter

set within a circular pebbled ring bearing an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ” (“FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE”)

Germany, Ss. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal To Oberabschnitt Ost, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity In his Personnel Selection Report(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