Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Ek & Cross Of Liberty Medal Bar Hold Both removed from the uniform

Both removed from the uniform

and it was only when surrounded that he consented to surrender

36 mm (w) x 43

Naming is officially impressed on the VM and officially engraved on the MC

naming his wife Marie Meyer as his next of kin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Heer Ek & Cross Of Liberty Medal Bar Hold Both removed from the uniform(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring three decorations, including a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked,