Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of the lid bearing a gilt

the lid bearing a gilt embossed maker’s mark of “WERNER SEDLATZEK

30 March 1935: Transferred to the 10th 100-Man Detachment in Bremen

stamped with the 103 Thunder Bird Squadron

and Victory Medal

nickel-silver fittings on the shell show light surface wear and gray  age patina

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of the lid bearing a gilt(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),