Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold visually-hidden 30 mm (w) x 20

30 mm (w) x 20 mm (h) each

Footnote: Stalag IV-B was one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during the Second War

1919 and was taken on strength at Military District No

Hawkes was subsequently sent down the line to No

He was a resident of Broadview

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold visually-hidden 30 mm (w) x 20(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),