Germany, Heer. A Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 98 Christmas 1943 Commemorative Medal visually-hidden 23rd Infantry Division

23rd Infantry Division

all on a rectangular medal bar with navy felt backer and horizontal pinback

Seela signed it in black ink

surface wear evident on the obverse St

with arrows charting the movement of Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 from the Eastern Front (Kuban Bridgehead) to the Balkans

Germany, Heer. A Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 98 Christmas 1943 Commemorative Medal visually-hidden 23rd Infantry Division(Gebirgsjger Ersatz Bataillon 98 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, perforated with double suspension loops, the obverse bearing a raised knapsack, topped by a crossed rifle and ski, in turn overlaying an ice axe, the reverse bearing a raised edelweiss, topped by an inscription of 1. GEB. JG. ERS, BTL. 98, WEIHNACHTEN 1943, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: At the time of