Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of

overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of a Panzer III

Constructed of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered gold threaded DRL insignia

counter-attacked twice during the Second Battle of Ypres (April and May 1915) and suffered heavy losses

as well as “Ross Rifle Co - Quebec - Patented 1907”

the obverse six o’clock arm bearing a reinstitution date of “1939”

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac overlaying a hand-illustrated depiction of(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded 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, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,