Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold Province of China Unidentified Badge (in bronze gilt

Unidentified Badge (in bronze gilt with red

the bar bears the inscription “F

(Gautag Abzeichen)

published in Berlin in 1900 by J

medal bed in gold-coloured felt

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold Province of China Unidentified Badge (in bronze gilt(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, the reverse with a barren hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 49. 92 mm (w) x 49. 62 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, demonstrating total