Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold certificate_of_authenticity 1941 and signed by an

1941 and signed by an SS-Hauptsturmführer

he was invalided to England and was taken on strength at the Canadian Base Depot at Shoreham on October 17th

with Tokar bar

and an additional hole at the top for the drawstring to be fed through

totalling twenty-three pages

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold certificate_of_authenticity 1941 and signed by an(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),