Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac His body was returned to

His body was returned to the United States and buried in Arlington National Cemetery

the last territorial conquest before the creation of the Kingdom of Italy on March 17

Footnote: Georg Leitner was born on 19 April 1912 in Austria-Hungary

1917 to February 20

circumscribed by inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and oak leaf branches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Prototype War Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac His body was returned to(Kriegserinnerungsmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte, overlaid by a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, bearing dates 1939 1940 in the quadrants, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR GERMAN FREEDOM), unmarked, measuring 32. 57 mm in diameter,