Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive underside with a dark brown

underside with a dark brown chinstrap fed through oval eyelets placed in the brim

received a letter from 2nd Lieutenant J

with the majority of the original silvering worn off

A few seconds later

Footnote: Tom Reginald Higham was born to Tom and Katherine Higham on June 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive underside with a dark brown(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 80 mm (w) x