Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction scattered chipping in the red

scattered chipping in the red lacquered fields

measuring 65 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

above a fenced prisoner of war camp with multiple huts

Hampden County

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (417008) with the 41st Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Francais" at Valcartier Camp

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction scattered chipping in the red(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei