Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Archive measuring 138 mm (w) x

measuring 138 mm (w) x 95 mm (h)

Anne Hosie Fraser

The original eligibility for membership was based upon service "in any of the wars or in any battle in which the United States Navy or Marine Corps has participated

reverse with central number 18

Hartmann died at the age of eighty-two in 1856

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Archive measuring 138 mm (w) x(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 49. 49 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h),