Germany, Heer. A 1940 Western Front Bronze Statue, By H. Von Beusekom Hold Merit in Factory Construction Medal

Merit in Factory Construction Medal

I Class Knight’s Cross with Swords

Lieutenant General Richard Heidrich (1896–1947)

measuring 48 mm in diameter

clutching a blackened and gilded wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Heer. A 1940 Western Front Bronze Statue, By H. Von Beusekom Hold Merit in Factory Construction Medal(Heer Statuette). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a depiction of a Heer soldier executed in exceptional detail with all uniform insignia and accessories clearly identifiable, with the figure advancing forward and clutching a stick grenade which he is about to throw towards the enemy position ahead, situated atop a rectangular plinth, with one side engraved with an inscription reading WESTFRONT 1940, II. ZUG, 7. KOMP., the bottom revealing two