Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of mounted to silver gilt eight-pointed

mounted to silver gilt eight-pointed star base

and he lived the rest of his life in Germany

Accompanying the bayonet is a mis-matched but model-correct scabbard

the canvas liner with limited wear

the subsequent pages decorated with gilt and ink inscriptions indicating that the certificate was issued in 1941 by the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of mounted to silver gilt eight-pointed(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, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the