Germany, Third Reich. A Mountaineer Reserve Medal Newly Listed FIFTH Marine Division

FIFTH Marine Division

the reverse maker marked “HOSAEUS”

1917 at the Signal Training Depot in Sackville

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Germany, Third Reich. A Mountaineer Reserve Medal Newly Listed FIFTH Marine Division(Gebirgsjger Ersatz Medaille). A commemorative medal constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse presents a 1939 Iron Cross in the centre, Edelwei insignia at the bottom and the inscription 1. GEN. KP. I. GEB. JG. E. BTL. 98 (1st Company of the Mountaineer Reserve Battalion 98), the reverse shows the coat of arms for Garmisch Partenkirchen, the date 1943, and a mountain, measures 35. 27 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), weighs 14. 0 g, and in very fine condition.