Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of in the plebiscite of January

in the plebiscite of January 13

(35494 SHG: STH: J

maker marked ‘G11” on the reverse

The sweatband is crafted out of thin brown leather that is perforated towards the front of the cap

A First War Group to the Bellman Brothers

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case United Republic of in the plebiscite of January(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a central raised rosette within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 85 mm (w) x 49. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed