Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach GTRexclude the First and Second Battles

the First and Second Battles of the Philippine Sea

oxidation evident on one of the gilt stars

He was a resident of Knee Hill Valley

He was enroute to England

(Luftwaffe Schreibtischschmuck)

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Italian Front Propaganda Medallion, By Wilhelm Eberbach GTRexclude the First and Second Battles(Medaille). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse bearing a raised personification of death in the form of a skeleton affixed to a pair of skis and wielding a rifle mounted to a bipod (in reference to the mountain combat characteristic of the Italian Front), the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEM HERZOG VON AOSTRA (TO THE DUKE OF AOSTA, in reference to Prince Emanuele Filiberto, commander of the Italian Third Army), situated