Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction XVII - Canadian Armed Forces

XVII - Canadian Armed Forces Infantry Branch Combat Shoulder Titles 1996 to 1999

the medallion is only secured by a hook at 12 o’clock through the star

inscribed "Soldbuch zugleich Personolausweis Luftwaffe" below

The bottom of the pot is marked “BIRKS”

and black tricolour piping

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction XVII - Canadian Armed Forces(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),