Germany, Third Reich. A Mountaineer Reserve Medal Auction Archive his body never recovered

his body never recovered

Newfoundland and served with the Newfoundland Mercantile Marine during the First World War

with a single small drill hole for suspension from its think sting loop

a small piece of the black wool base missing at the upper right and replaced with a piece of the hessian backer

Germany, Third Reich. A Mountaineer Reserve Medal Auction Archive his body never recovered(Gebirgsjger Ersatz Medaille). A commemorative medal constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse presents a 1939 Iron Cross in the centre, Edelwei insignia at the bottom and the inscription 1. GEN. KP. I. GEB. JG. E. BTL. 98 (1st Company of the Mountaineer Reserve Battalion 98), the reverse shows the coat of arms for Garmisch Partenkirchen, the date 1943, and a mountain, measures 35. 27 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), weighs 14. 0 g, and in very fine condition.