Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case Republic of the cap trimmed in black

the cap trimmed in black embroidered piping

along with arabesques towards the bottom of the enameled ring all in gold

On 20 December 1916

as well as LATTES maker mark

meeting the analogous threading emanating from the knife’s crossguard for secure closure

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case Republic of the cap trimmed in black(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,