Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction both of which are finished

both of which are finished with a tassel

with a larger blade on one end (48 mm long)

and black tricolour piping

in the role of Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander at Headquarters

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction both of which are finished(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),