Eastern Front Medal & Named Award Document Grouping (1942) to Gefreiter Franz Gelhaus

Original wartime-issued German Eastern Front Medal grouping complete with its matching, named award citation to Gefreiter Franz Gelhaus and is dated 17. Oktober 1942. The document bears a clean, clear ink signature from the unit commander, a Hauptmann (Captain), alongside a crisp, highly visible official stamped unit seal featuring the national eagle and swastika.
The accompanying medal is struck in zinc, showing classic age-appropriate patination and retaining sharp details on both the national socialist eagle obverse and the crossed sword and laurel branch reverse. It comes complete with a length of its original red, white, and black ribbon. The group also  includes a Bar & Civilian Lapel Button Set which consists of the Uniform Ribbon Bar .This is a Standard dress tunic pin-back bar featuring the distinctive red ribbon with central black and white stripes, representing blood, fallen comrades, and the harsh Russian snows. Pin and catch mechanism on the reverse is fully intact.Also the 
Civilian Lapel Bow / Buttonhole Attachment .This a rarer civilian dress variant consisting of a miniature ribbon bow sewn to a round backing piece, designed to be worn through the buttonhole of a civilian suit jacket.click on pay by credit card to access after pay.$300