Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal Newly Listed IRAQ & Kurdistan (1835 SEPOY

IRAQ & Kurdistan (1835 SEPOY

worded identically

Sold with original certificate of award and White House citation for the recipient

Crooks served in the Portuguese and Spanish campaigns under Sir John Moore from August 1808 to January 1809

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal Newly Listed IRAQ & Kurdistan (1835 SEPOY(Ostmedaille). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse with an inscription of WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42) above a crossed sword and laurel branch, unmarked, measuring 36. 00 mm (w) x 44. 56 mm (h), weighing 18. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.