Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Vigil Cast Iron Relief, By Lauchhammer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac is dual staple-bound and measures

is dual staple-bound and measures 133 mm x 205 mm

Stoffausführung mit Verleihungsurkunde)

on loop for suspension from its period original padded ribbon with red wool backer and horizontal pinback

WH & CO 41”

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Vigil Cast Iron Relief, By Lauchhammer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac is dual staple-bound and measures(Eisengu Plakette). Constructed of patinated magnetic cast iron, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a Wehrmacht soldier keeping vigil over a fallen comrade lying on a bed, clutching a rifle and with his head bowed in silence, the reverse of the relief with an integrated suspension loop, maker marked with the logo of the Lauchhammer Iron Foundry in the eponymous German town, measuring 230 mm (w) x 355 mm (h), some oxidation is evident to the