Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case certificate_of_authenticity He may have been among

He may have been among those many male adolescents

demonstrating loss of finish to the core with consequent oxidation

On each side of the band are floral etchings reaching down the length of the shaft

sinking a twelfth and final ship on the way

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case certificate_of_authenticity He may have been among(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,