Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Buy Now (Saar Anstecknadel)

(Saar Anstecknadel)

the medal depicts a helmeted bust of Germania surrounded by the inscription SUEDWEST AFRIKA 1904-06

Private Ward proceeded overseas with the 193rd Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre on June 8

15 Casualty Clearing Station on the 13th and returned to duty on the 16th

measuring 78 cm (w) x 79

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Buy Now (Saar Anstecknadel)(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 80 mm (w) x