WW2 German Winter Campaign Medal. Maker Marked

The Winter campaign medal or Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42, also known as the Eastern Front Medal. It was awarded to both German and Axis personnel who served on the German Eastern Front during the winter campaign period of 15th November 1941 to 15th April 1942. It was instituted on 26 May 1942 and was known by those who were awarded it as the Frozen Meat Medal or the Order of the Frozen Flesh.
Qualifications for the medal included service of a minimum of 14 days service in active combat; 30 combat sorties for Luftwaffe members; 60 days of continuous service in a combat zone; being wounded or suffering a frozen limb or the issue of a wound badge in this campaign.
In the January 1943, the qualifications for the award changed to include both combatant and non-combatant personnel including women in the Wehrmacht. Also, foreign members of Wehrmacht, personnel killed or missing in action and civilians working in factories in the campaign area. This medal could also be awarded posthumously. The award of this medal was very highly respected as the German people and armed services knew what it took to get this award.
This one is a very good example, in very good condition and on a small piece of original ribbon and it has the makers mark of Number 11 on the suspender ring for the Austrian maker Grossmann & Co, Wien (Vienna).

Code: 30067