Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now after being promoted to Colonel

after being promoted to Colonel on November 27th 1905

He may have felt the overall appearance of the insignia was more balanced that way

8mm (h-to top of suspension) and weighing at 35

measuring 48 mm (w) x 102 mm (l) x 14 mm (h)

the obverse bearing a painted and finely-detailed Third Reich-period Munich coat of arms

Germany, SS. A Mint 1939 Yule Festival Table Medal to Oberabschnitt Ost, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now after being promoted to Colonel(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,