Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden Reich Air Protection

Reich Air Protection

on loop for suspension with the period original ribbon

in silvered tombac (silvering nearly completely worn)

the cap measures approximately 19 cm (w) x 28 cm (l) x 16 cm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, with Case visually-hidden Reich Air Protection(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, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 94 mm (w) x 49. 52 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams,