Medal
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Jake Homiak
label: Donor Name
content: Jake Homiak
notes: label: Notes
content: A silver colored medal in a circular shape with a helmet on top. The ribbon is red, white and black. Front of medal has an eagle grasping a swastika. Reverse has the German text "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" ("Winter Battle in the East 1941/42") with a crossed sword and branch below.
label: Notes
content: Donor notes: German service medal in winterschlacht im osten 1942. Purchased from Jerry Tadeo.
label: Notes
content: This is a German World War II Eastern Front Medal. It is a military decoration awarded to both German and Axis personnel who served on the German Eastern Front during the "first winter campaign" period of 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942. See pp. 69 - 71 in Angolia, John (1987). For Führer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Aug 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: German
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2073991
label: USNM Number
content: E434088-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 14 cm
label: Width
content: 3.5 cm