Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Archive The original eligibility for membership

The original eligibility for membership was based upon service "in any of the wars or in any battle in which the United States Navy or Marine Corps has participated

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" in the centre and inscribed "50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1863-1913"

a group of members of various hereditary societies

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Archive The original eligibility for membership(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 49. 49 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h),