Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of this showing age

this showing age

7mm(width) x 41

He was credited with having served a total of 28 years and 140 days (14 years and 54 days with the British Columbia Provincial Police

Footnote: The Order of the People's Army was instituted in 1952 as a military award for partisans who fought the Axis Forces during the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of this showing age(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 radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but