Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction BWM and VM) and a

BWM and VM) and a page from the London Gazette

scattered chipping in the red lacquered fields

with a slightly mismatched modern replacement ribbon

measuring 65 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

above a fenced prisoner of war camp with multiple huts

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction BWM and VM) and a(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