Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction a Kyffhäuser Medal

a Kyffhäuser Medal

on a red ribbon with white stripes with horizontal pinback

Both badges are die-stamped silvered metal

and a small hole in the upper left corner

Constructed of cardboard-reinforced dark green wool

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction a Kyffhäuser Medal(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 45 mm