WW2 Original German Honorary World War Commemorative For Sale

German Honorary World War Commemorative
German Honorary World War Commemorative Medal of the German Legion of HonourCircular gilt bronze medal with eyelet for ribbon suspension; the face with a winged Victory crowning with a laurel wreath a German soldier in uniform, his helmet in his right hand, his rifle, the butt resting on the ground, in his left hand; the reverse with the Iron Cross I class, 1914 issue, centrally, a wreath of oak leaves below, circumscribed above in Gothic script ‘FÜRS VATERLAND’ (for the Fatherland); on original ribbon with gilt bronze circular oak wreath and sword device. The medal was instituted in 1921 by the Council of the Order of the Union of Nationalist Soldiers to be awarded to those who had served Germany faithfully during and after World War I. The medal was suppressed in 1934. A good example.