Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating near-total loss of finish

demonstrating near-total loss of finish to the base metal of the award

very small chip on reverse 6 o’clock arm of cross between the 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock arms of main crutch cross

He was transporting 500

and a dove representing the Holy Ghost is attached to the 6 o’clock arm

East Medal & Award Document - East Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating near-total loss of finish(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). 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, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)