Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Commemorative Medal Of 1939/1940 Buy Now Kietz was a trained truck

Kietz was a trained truck driver

fell into a deep crevasse

As German air strategy turned towards concentrated air power

June of 1940 he suffered a shrapnel wound to his right leg

He sailed for Canada from Southampton and arrived in Halifax on July 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare War Commemorative Medal Of 1939/1940 Buy Now Kietz was a trained truck(Medaille zur Erinnerung an den Krieg 1939 1940). Constructed of blackened iron, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte overlaid by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1939 and 1940, the reverse with an inscrption of DEN KMPFERN FR DIE DEUTSCHE FREIHEIT (TO THE FIGHTERS FOR THE FREEDOM OF GERMANY), unmarked, measuring 32. 39 mm in diameter, weighing 15. 4 grams, in near extremely fine