Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case Republic of Measuring 80 mm in diameter

Measuring 80 mm in diameter

suspended by a gilt wreath with  a wreath segment in the center

Footnote: As the Canadian Expeditionary Force continued to increase in size

allowing the mittens to be suspended from the wearer’s neck when not in use

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case Republic of Measuring 80 mm in diameter(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). 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, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,