Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden commander of Baltic Sea Naval

commander of Baltic Sea Naval Station

10 Canadian Stationary Hospital on May 2

in silvered tombac (silvering nearly completely worn)

it had been framed at one time

on loop for suspension with the period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden commander of Baltic Sea Naval(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,