Ostvolk Medal in bronze swords
(Tapferkeits- und Verdienst Auszeichnung für Ostvölker)
Excellent condition, bronze washed tombak(?).
We sell this as a early manufactured 1957 medal, made around 1960-1965.
These never had a swaz.
History:
The Ostvolk Medal (German: Ostvolkmedaille) or Medal for Gallantry and Merit for Members of the Eastern Peoples - (German: Tapferkeits und Verdienst Auszeichnung für Ostvölker)) was a military award in Nazi Germany, bestowed to the personnel from the former Soviet Union (Ostvolk in German, literally 'the East people').