Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Hold with the obverse depicting a

with the obverse depicting a rightward facing portrait by R

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12 mm x 18 mm

with the obverse bearing a finely-detailed Heer-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

FROM 2 AUGUST 1944 UNTIL 15 APRIL 1946

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Hold with the obverse depicting a(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. 91 mm (w) x