Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE”

AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE” (“IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE SUCCESSFUL FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST 1864 AT OUR RESIDENCE IN ALTENBURG”)

An unfinished example of breast cross in bronze

and probably many of the future outstanding officers like Marshall

the top was pierced to allow the watch face to be seen directly through the protector

with only light signs of corrosion

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE”(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