Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Auction Archive copies enclosed)

copies enclosed)

measuring 72 mm (w) x 25 mm (h) x 124 mm (l)

1st Halifax Coast Brigade

on full-length replacement original neck ribbon

In die stamped patinated tombac

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Auction Archive copies enclosed)(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, 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, unmarked, measuring 49. 95 mm (w) x 49. 71 mm (h), weighing 22. 4 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost and some verdigris is visible to