Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Archive he had been employed as

he had been employed as truck driver delivering parcels for a local grocery shop

A German Cross in Gold by Zimmermann - German Cross in Gold

Bush an honorary citizen of Forest

ornate vertical pinback

with a black elasticized band at the rear along with two moss green cotton ties protruding from the ends of the sweatband

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Archive he had been employed as(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by