Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case certificate_of_authenticity 44 mm in diameter at

44 mm in diameter at the base x 93 mm in height

in silver gilt (marked “800” for silver content reverse)

A short typewritten letter from Schwieger to “ERNST FRITZ KATZ” of Frankfurt-am-Main

a rare example of a zink badge retaining almost all of its original silver finish and complete with its original package

or the extent of the injury sustained

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case certificate_of_authenticity 44 mm in diameter at(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). 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 wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,