Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a wide base

along with a wide base body that finishes in a point

dark patina on the CVSM

and are limited to no more than 250 per year

bronze gilt and red enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a wide base(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, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 80 mm (w) x