Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Hold residue of collector’s mounting

residue of collector’s mounting

small holes in both forearms

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Footnote: This medal was created in 1857 by Napoleon III

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Hold residue of collector’s mounting(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, with a central raised six leaf rosette within a pebbled ring, in turn within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,