Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold visually-hidden Footnote: The Pour le Mérite

Footnote: The Pour le Mérite was established by King Frederick II of Prussia in 1740 and it was conferred as both a military and civil honour

which attacked and endeavored to cut him off

Footnote: Stalag IV-B was one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during the Second War

A rare and superb bar featuring ten medals and orders attributed to Generalleutnant Kurt Freiherr Röder von Diersburg

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold visually-hidden Footnote: The Pour le Mérite(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 pierced by crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 85 mm (w) x 49. 68 mm (h),