Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of Solingen) and balance scales insignia

Solingen) and balance scales insignia

catch is bent over but remains in its socket

along with two photographs of each man

national socialist author

one depicting a Heer Officer greeting assorted personnel

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of Solingen) and balance scales insignia(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),