Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case certificate_of_authenticity Nova Scotia Technical College

Nova Scotia Technical College

but also with a scattered light chips in the paint

constructed of dark blue wool

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case certificate_of_authenticity Nova Scotia Technical College(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,