Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold United Republic of Footnote: The Military Merit Medal

Footnote: The Military Merit Medal was instituted on March 12

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in the center of the eagle is a V42 Stiletto (a specific fighting knife issued during in the 1940s to the First Special Service Force)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold United Republic of Footnote: The Military Merit Medal(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 45 mm