Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed but Howie was fatally wounded

but Howie was fatally wounded by a mortar shell explosion

this bayonet remains in a better than very fine condition

a Silver Star Medal is awarded to the following enlisted man: THOMAS E

"C" Squadron

French Foreign Legion Medal of National Defence

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed but Howie was fatally wounded(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. 91 mm (w) x