Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed constructed of metal (magnetic) and

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

along with a ribbon bar of the Silver Star and Purple Heart beside the two awards on his left breast

the unit absorbed by the 1st Brigade

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

having been severed in the middle

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed constructed of metal (magnetic) and(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,