Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver
(Verdienstauszeichnung für Ostvölker I. Klasse Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an eight-pointed radiant star, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49.95 mm (w) x 49.71 mm (h), weighing 22.4 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost and some verdigris is visible to the pin, in very fine condition.

