Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden All three papers are attached

All three papers are attached to a large piece of paper with a separate paper frame

69 mm (w) x 20

the obverse with a Russian Cyrillic maker’s mark of “ИК” for “И

each of the inscriptions separated by a five-pointed star

attacking in droves with no particular formation

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden All three papers are attached(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by