Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class In Gold With Swords And Case, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude one enamel flake on reverse

one enamel flake on reverse lower arm

foxing evident on the edge of the pages

who was stationed at Camp Dachau in 1945

The front is adorned with a 44

topped with German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class In Gold With Swords And Case, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude one enamel flake on reverse(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, overlaid by a central rosette within a laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring