Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Province of China He was then taken on

He was then taken on strength on June 28

with light contact marks on the cross and a chip in the white enamels on the obverse

and his Identification Tag (steel

MANCH: REGT

Silver Grade instituted on December 20th 1939

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Province of China He was then taken on(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)