Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive that he had a "painful

that he had a "painful shoulder (left) and muscle hernia (right leg)"

Knight: in Gold

one with an eagle constructed of aluminum

5 cm (w) x 9 cm (h) overall

He was named Officer Commanding

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive that he had a "painful(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 pierced by crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 85 mm (w) x 49. 68 mm (h),