Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction and black tricolour piping

and black tricolour piping

in the role of Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander at Headquarters

both of which are finished with a tassel

with a larger blade on one end (48 mm long)

XVII - Canadian Armed Forces Infantry Branch Combat Shoulder Titles 1996 to 1999

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction and black tricolour piping(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),