Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Republic of A pairing of two German

A pairing of two German awards

both are marked "Série No 8

Insitituted 14 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II of Anhalt

and Luebeck

The helmet is crafted out of a single sheet of molybdenum steel (magnetic) with original dark apple-green paint on the interior and exterior of the helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Republic of A pairing of two German(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, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 45 mm