Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, Type 3 with Case United Republic of measuring 218 mm (w) x

measuring 218 mm (w) x 304 mm (h)

with period Spanish eagle on the centre

with a date of “7

Footnote: Otto Zwieback made his way to England after being deported from Dachau

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, Type 3 with Case United Republic of measuring 218 mm (w) x(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, with a classic