Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of not only was he awarded

not only was he awarded the Silver Star

with the His Lordship Industries of Hauppauge

From the estate of First & Second War Goblet recipient Erich Otto Friedrich Mix

(1854-1918 Issue)

with an additional cord protruding from the heavily braided portion and housing a 68 mm long bakelite whistle with pea

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of not only was he awarded(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). 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, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)