Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction in the role of Armored

in the role of Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander at Headquarters

both of which are finished with a tassel

1942 and signed by a Senior Lieutenant and Battery Chief

with a larger blade on one end (48 mm long)

the medallion is only secured by a hook at 12 o’clock through the star

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction in the role of Armored(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),