Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of measuring 11 mm (w) x

measuring 11 mm (w) x 14 mm (h)

issued on 16 June 1943 and indicating that Unfried was killed in action on the Eastern Front (in Gasyr

Littlefield

catch is bent over but remains in its socket

one depicting a Heer Officer greeting assorted personnel

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of measuring 11 mm (w) x(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),