Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction 1942 and signed by a

1942 and signed by a Senior Lieutenant and Battery Chief

and black tricolour piping

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

The bottom of the pot is marked “BIRKS”

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction 1942 and signed by a(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),