Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Auction Archive 1st Halifax Coast Brigade

1st Halifax Coast Brigade

reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled ring in the form of a buckled belt

the obverse centre presenting the full-face portrait of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes within a blue enamelled ring inscribed CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES 1868

the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/103” for Carl Poellath

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Auction Archive 1st Halifax Coast Brigade(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