Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction her construction required careful planning

her construction required careful planning and much original thought

two at 89 mm x 138 mm)

above a fenced prisoner of war camp with multiple huts

with a slightly mismatched modern replacement ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Auction her construction required careful planning(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, 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 emanating from an oblong plate, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei