Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn United Republic of GREETING: / YOU being elected

GREETING: / YOU being elected on the eighteenth day of May A

and with shoulder straps bearing numbers “17” partially visible

the Division during these battles sustained heavy losses

Second Class - Three-piece construction

Very dark patina

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn United Republic of GREETING: / YOU being elected(SS Julfest 1939 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of JULFEST 1939 with oak leaves, the reverse bearing a raised dedication of DIE SCHWARZE GARDE SS OBERABSCHNITT OST (THE BLACK GUARD OF SS MAIN DISTRICT EAST), maker marked DESCHLER & SOHN for the famous Munich based medal firm, measuring 55 mm in diameter,