Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction Hampden County

Hampden County

Footnote: The Order of Glory was was instituted in 1835 by Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction Hampden County(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