Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac continued in his father's footsteps

continued in his father's footsteps

wear and loss evident in the fabric overlying the hinged area on the interior

Die struck in solid silver

dated June 1942 on the first page

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac continued in his father's footsteps(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