Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with the former sunk off

with the former sunk off the coast of Yokohama

along with paint loss and scuff marks

vertical broad pinback with a functional hinge/catch assembly (note the embedded and crimped hinge and catch)

a coolness and courage under fire of the highest order

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with the former sunk off(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 and