Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive presenting the same Anchor cross

presenting the same Anchor cross with wreath and surmounting crown

England on March 4th

as a reserve unit for the expected Allied invasion of France

He served his mandatory term in the Reich Labour Service from February to August 1941 and then had a short spell in the army from September 1941 to June 1942

" A Combat Report for Aug 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive presenting the same Anchor cross(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),