Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class With Swords, Gold Grade Hold 52 mm x 76 mm

52 mm x 76 mm and 54 mm x 72 mm)

on a navy blue felt base

a financial investigation report of SS-Sturmbann I/12 (2 pages

1940 and took on the rank of Acting Battery Sergeant Major on December 14

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class With Swords, Gold Grade Hold 52 mm x 76 mm(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star overlaid by crossed swords, with a central six petalled rosette, set within a circular laurel leaf wreath with a ribbed border, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 78