A German Imperial Honour Medal Of The Great War Auction Archive U-48 still would not could

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Protected in all cases On Russia’s wide expanse So has fortune Brought you here today   Ready at all times In hours good or not To follow and to do battle In the sacred bond of the warrior   Congratulatory Poem for the Knight’s Cross: The 2nd SS Panzer Company congratulates the commander of the 5th SS Panzer Division SS Sturmbannfuhrer Mühlenkamp on his Knight’s Cross Caucasus

Multi piece construction

marked with a gilt "40" inside a wreath on the lid

A German Imperial Honour Medal Of The Great War Auction Archive U-48 still would not couldBronze, 32 mm, replacement ribbon, edge nicks, light contact and surface wear, silvering evident on the reverse from previous mounting, very fine.