Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case GTRexclude the reverse witha central white

the reverse witha central white enameled medallion

above a photographer’s mark of “И

the reverse of the blade features an additional (post War added) acid-etched inscription of “FÜR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENSTE” (“FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE”)

OKTOBER 1931”

1962-2007 General Service Medal to the Gurkha Signals - Malay Peninsula

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case GTRexclude the reverse witha central white(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,