Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden The exterior features complete with

The exterior features complete with a reverse vertical slit

surface rust on the steel prong bar

Constructed of cupal

contained within fitted black case

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden The exterior features complete with(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber ohne 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 crimped hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a