Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction with a slightly mismatched modern

with a slightly mismatched modern replacement ribbon

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (417008) with the 41st Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Francais" at Valcartier Camp

scattered chipping in the red lacquered fields

acted as truant officers and organized adult education programs

her construction required careful planning and much original thought

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction with a slightly mismatched modern(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei