Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Auction A post-1945 manufactured (probbaly ca

A post-1945 manufactured (probbaly ca

topped by two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with wide green chevrons

A circular badge constructed of blue-grey wool

86mm (w) x 22

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Auction A post-1945 manufactured (probbaly ca(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)