Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Province of China Silver Grade instituted on December

Silver Grade instituted on December 20th 1939

later evacuated to Iraq to form with the 2nd Polish Corps under the British command

and his Identification Tag (steel

MANCH: REGT

At the same time he has retained the respect and obedience of his subordinates

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Province of China Silver Grade instituted on December(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). 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, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)