Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction Archive measuring 60 mm x 51

measuring 60 mm x 51 mm

The crossguard features hooked quillons presenting as acorns

Kathen became the commanding General of the 23rd Reserve Corps with which he stayed for almost the entire war

5 mm (w) x 13 mm (h))

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction Archive measuring 60 mm x 51(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),