Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed 925 silver purity

925 silver purity

A very well-preserved Luftwaffe Flight Personnel/Paratrooper Major’s tunic

and the Royal Air Force

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2 LINDENGASSE 9

measures 200 mm (w) x 280 mm (h) x 45 mm (d)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed 925 silver purity(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 49. 5 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), weighing 22. 8 grams, demonstrating moderate