Original German WWII Eastern People's Medal Award Set - Silver 1st Class & Silver 2nd Class Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets A perfect desk top display

A perfect desk top display made approximately 200 years ago perhaps to celebrate the great Naval Victory at Trafalgar in 1805

The cockade is what identifies this as an officer's cap - vice that worn by Militiamen and Sergeants

The jersey features blue piping and 4 gray buttons and is ink stamped USMC on interior neck

and muzzle

MANUFACTURE DES ARMES

Original German WWII Eastern People's Medal Award Set - Silver 1st Class & Silver 2nd Class Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets A perfect desk top displayOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. This is a very nice set of two examples of the "Medal for Gallantry and Merit for Members of the Eastern Peoples" (Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker). This was a military and paramilitary award of Germany. Established on 14 July 1942, it was bestowed on personnel from the former Soviet Union (Ostvolk or "Eastern people"), who volunteered to fight alongside German forces. The Medal is sometimes