Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of (Heer Schulterklappen für Hauptmann der

(Heer Schulterklappen für Hauptmann der Infanterie)

31 mm x 980 mm

as well as double marked below collar with 239 and a third similar mark on bottom

in northwest Europe

a paper on the Mexican Military Academy and a paper on United States Seals

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, Early Variant Republic of (Heer Schulterklappen für Hauptmann der(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Silber mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 75 mm (w)