Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac that his sister and his

that his sister and his wife had the same name (Mary)

worn on a thin

10 mm (w) x 75

5 mm (w) x 84

in turn situated above a banner bearing a raised inscription of “MEISTERSCHÜTZE 1943” (“MASTER MARKSMAN 1943”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac that his sister and his(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, the reverse with a barren hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 49. 92 mm (w) x 49. 62 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, demonstrating total