Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Decorations Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Coningham was promoted to Air

Coningham was promoted to Air Marshal and directed tactical air force operations in the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy as commander of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force

overlaying a copper base with maple leaf and independent crown

measuring 30 mm (w) x 360 mm (l)

with three characters hand-carved into the lid over the top five gilt characters

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Decorations Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Coningham was promoted to Air(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of decorations, including: 1. An Eastern Front Medal, constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42), above a crossed sword and laurel branch, topped by a Stahlhelm and stick