Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Hold he was promoted to Wing

he was promoted to Wing Commander

while the two bands display the flattened

followed three months later by a posting to No

Emanating from the left of the shako is a gilded bronze lion’s head

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class In Silver Hold he was promoted to Wing(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