Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive the obverse center displaying an

the obverse center displaying an enameled hand-painted Order’s insignia

The underside of the sweatband reveals an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a secondary code of “192965”

one with an eagle constructed of aluminum

He was named Officer Commanding

Colonel LeClair introduced into an air defense study for the Secretary of Defense the Army concept for the utilization of Army Air Defense weapons

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Auction Archive the obverse center displaying an(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath pierced by crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 85 mm (w) x 49. 68 mm (h),