Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Rendsburg district

Rendsburg district

A portapee is wrapped around the shaft on and consists of a golden and black coloured thread

incorporating a two-piece construction

the front centre also features an additional insignia in the form of a field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered tri-colour cockade

It sits securely within a multi-piece bronze hilt with a hand guard and intact black leather buffer pad covering the seam

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Rendsburg district(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, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the