Hello!

Here is the Winter Campaign medal along with others belonging to Fritz Klein, a Ski-Jaeger, and member of Ski-Batl."Schlebruegge", the first independent ski unit of the German Army during WWII.

This small grouping came with his Wehrpass,
Soldbuch and a photo of Herr Klein receiving his Ost Medal in an outside ceremony. During the winter of 1941-42 he was, according to his pass books, fighting in the battle for Moscow.

Hope you enjoy seeing the wartime history behind the medal.

Marcus

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Marcus, That is an excellent photo and a great grouping! Thanks, I certainly appreciated seeing it.

--dj--Joe

Great presentation photo - nice grouping!

Regards

Russell

Thank you Joe and Russell! There is nothing neater than to see wartime photos of the men and their articals that we now posses in our collections.

An interesting thing is that this page in Herr Klein's Soldbuch states that he received the Ost Medaille on August 3, 1942, yet we see him at the award ceremony several months later and there looks to be plently of snow. Therefore the date of Aug. 3 must be for the paper field award version of the Ost Medaille and he actually received the physical medal months later during the winter of 1942-43.

Also notice that Klein was awarded the Wound Badge in black only nine days after being awarded the Ost Medal. The grouping came with Klein's award documents for the KVKII and EKII.
Klein was wounded in the chest as the bullet passed through his tunic pocket. Just look at the hole made by the bullet through the KVK award. The Ost Medaille award document must have been completely destroyed, or why else would it not be included in the grouping.

Klein's KVKII award issued just 4 months before receiving the Ost Medal. His Ost medal was either destroyed too, or was lost during the war.

unfolded

First post here!
I have one marked 73, maker?

un_swe

un_swe,
Welcome.
73 is for, Franz Mänert, Gablonz.

Link.
http://daggers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/800097573/m/7760012084

--dj--Joe

Here are a couple of my "frozen meat medals"
SSman
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SSman..L/15. Otto Schickle. Pforzheim

A very prestigious maker of high end awards, they made a bit of everything it seems..

Has anyone ever seenthe maker variant with the grenade shaped like a lightning bolt?

Never have seen that variant Kursk. Do you have a picture of one?
SSman

Kursk, I do not recall seeing or reading anything about a variant.

--dj--Joe

hmm..where did i place that reference? ..it was an early issue piece..i remember it well..i will look for you guys..definately a real oddity,and one to keep your eyes peeled for..

Let's keep this one going. Any one wish to compile the maker marks found up to now?

--dj--Joe

Joe, here is the list so far:

8 = Ferdinand Hoffstätter Bonn a. Rhein
73 = Franz Mänert Gablonz
127 = Moritz Hausch A.G. Pforzheim
L/15 = Otto Schickle Pforzheim

Regards
Russell

here is mine it is marked 76

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Nice one bertastan!

76 is Ernst L. Müller, Pforzheim

Will update the list when we get some more of these great medals.

Regards
Russell

Russell, thanks for compiling the list and for posting your example on page 1.

Stan, thanks, good conditioned example. Those stands add a nice touch..

--dj--Joe