A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal By Otto Zappe Auction with 9 mm white rayon

with 9 mm white rayon strips on the top and bottom edges

The campaign to put down the rebellion was made difficult by the poor communications at the time

An Italian WWII Period Cloth Badge - measures approximately 65mm x 77mm

when he received a gun shot wound to his right buttock on October 11

There was severe fighting in the surrounding hills and on the outskirts of the plain and the Japanese succeeded in cutting a long section of the Imphal-Kohima road and holding it for over three months

A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal By Otto Zappe Auction with 9 mm white rayonA Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 medaille; in silvered and patinated zink; on loop for suspension (marked 110 for Otto Zappe of Gablonz); with its full length period original ribbon; with a large national eagle on the obverse clutching a swastika (Hakenkreuz) and a leftward facing Stahlhelm on the top with horizontally oriented stick grenade; the reverse Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 (Winter Battle in the East 1941 42) in all capital letters with a