Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed the obverse of each bearing

the obverse of each bearing a Fraktur letter “E” and number “3” with silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by a field-grey band

with two holes for uniform attachment

Herwig transferred from the SA to the SS (member number 5

having been severed in the middle

constructed of metal (magnetic) and a lightly faded black/white photograph

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed the obverse of each bearing(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, with a central raised six leaf rosette within a pebbled ring, in turn within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,