Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac All suspended from a 90

All suspended from a 90 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and maroon wool reverse liner

bronze gilt and red enamels

who commanded the Regiment at the battles of Atbara and Omdurman

replacement of the peak insignia

measuring 80 mm (w) x 22 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac All suspended from a 90(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, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 80 mm (w) x