Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden visible repairs to enamel on

visible repairs to enamel on cape of Saint Ferdinand

featuring a handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Ulrich Kleemann

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30389 of Friday

with one brass plate on each side engraved W

both unmarked and measuring 30 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden visible repairs to enamel on(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber ohne Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse with a crimped hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a