page_title: Eastern Medal
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Medal
caption_attribution_description: Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten
context_page_description: The Eastern Medal, officially the Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal, was a military award of the of the Wehrmacht which was created by ordinance of Adolf Hitler on 26 May 1942.
  The Eastern Medal was awarded to any member of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS "in recognition of probation in the struggle against the Bolshevik enemy and the Russian winter within the period from 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942." It was also awarded posthumously to any service member who died in the line of duty within the Soviet Union. It was wryly called the Frozen Meat Medal or the "Order of the Frozen Flesh".
context_section_description: The Eastern Medal (German: Ostmedaille), officially the Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal (German: Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42), was a military award of the of the Wehrmacht which was created by ordinance of Adolf Hitler on 26 May 1942.
  The Eastern Medal was awarded to any member of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS "in recognition of probation in the struggle against the Bolshevik enemy and the Russian winter within the period from 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942." It was also awarded posthumously to any service member who died in the line of duty within the Soviet Union. It was wryly called the Frozen Meat Medal or the "Order of the Frozen Flesh" (German: Gefrierfleischorden).
caption: Obverse and reverse of the medal
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