Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction inscribed "Soldbuch zugleich Personolausweis Luftwaffe"

inscribed "Soldbuch zugleich Personolausweis Luftwaffe" below

with a larger blade on one end (48 mm long)

both of which are finished with a tassel

the medallion is only secured by a hook at 12 o’clock through the star

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction inscribed "Soldbuch zugleich Personolausweis Luftwaffe"(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),