Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden the cap measures approximately 19

the cap measures approximately 19 cm (w) x 28 cm (l) x 16 cm (h)

it had been framed at one time

but also displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Orth

with a white face marked with Arabic numerals 1-12 notched at five second intervals

on loop for suspension with the period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden the cap measures approximately 19(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). 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 wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,