Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse six o’clock arm

the obverse six o’clock arm bearing a reinstitution date of “1939”

enamel chipping on the left arm and crazing evident overall

counter-attacked twice during the Second Battle of Ypres (April and May 1915) and suffered heavy losses

constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery on a cotton-blended background

overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of a Panzer III

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse six o’clock arm(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern und Etui). 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, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,