new to this, plz help w/id

[wolfgang7]

sorry if this is in the wrong spot...more than likely it is.
very new to this and could use help with id on this...found at a flea market here in germany...sorry about the pics, not so good. any info would be appreciated!





best i could do with the back:


thanks again for any help!

[Andy B.]

Its an eastern front medal given to troops who served (obviously ) on the eastern front. It has a nickname of the frozen meat medal as well. I would say yours in fair condition. Its a nice medal to start a collection with. Hope that helps.
Andy B.
PS Welcome to the forum!!!

[wolfgang7]

yes that helps a lot, thank you! also, "frozen meat medal"...do you know what this refers to? i notice on the back it looks to read "winterslacht"....loosely sounds like something frozen to me.....is that it? thanks again, i just would like to give a quick story to those i show my collection to

[mrg]

Hi Wolfgang welcome to the forum , as already said by Andy the medal is a Rusian front medal awarded to service personnel who served of the Russian Front. The reverse translates roughly into "War in the East" really translates into "winter battles in the east". The soldiers who recieved this award gave it the nickname of the medal of Frozen flesh award as apart from the high losses in combat the loss of men to frostbite was on a par. Hope this is of some help. A nice starter.

P.S looks like it may have a little Zinc pest (white fluffy stuff) needs a little treatment with vasoline.


Editied once again for poor spelling.

[wolfgang7]

that's great info, thanks to both again! vaseline eh? thanks for that too, i was wondering how to help it out in that area. cheers!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Wolfgang, you can read more about the medal here:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/camp...intermedal.htm

Cheers, Ade.

[greg.hays]

Wolfgange cool Ost medal you have there.....boy do I miss those German Flea Markets! Have you checked the suspension ring for a maker mark yet?

[wolfgang7]

yeah, the floh markt scene is awesome we (wife) love 'em!

no i didn't even know to look...i will check when i get home from work thnx!

[wolfgang7]

Hi Wolfgang, you can read more about the medal here:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/camp...intermedal.htm

Cheers, Ade.

wow, good reading here....thank you for the link

cheers

[KevinS]

As someone told me when I posted my first medal, be careful Wolfgang...one medal or badge leads to two...two lead to twelve...and so forth!

Very nice Ost, and a great addition/beginning for your collection. Welcome aboard!

Kevin

[wolfgang7]

lol, yeah they're already spreading like fire....i'm actually interested in pretty much anything that has to do with WWII and is german, and also WWI. lately i have picked up a mint cond. german newspaper from if memory serves 1941 with hitler on the cover....also a very cool fold out book/map that seems quite old but is hard to date. i'll start working on it soon....a few tinnies...lots of fun

[redfaced]

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Nice start to a collection. Warn your bank manager - things from now on can get a bit expensive. Let's hope you're not married.