Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive two embedded red jade stones

two embedded red jade stones

White silk with the red sun insignia silk screened in the centre

the reverse enamelled in the same style

Private Romeo Benoit was Killed in Action during this offensive

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive two embedded red jade stones(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),