Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of in northwest Europe

in northwest Europe

a paper on the Mexican Military Academy and a paper on United States Seals

the twelve o’clock arm with a hollow crown suspension and loop connecting to a period original shortened length of neck ribbon

and broad wire catch

measuring 111

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of in northwest Europe(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)