Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold Province of China (Gautag Abzeichen)

(Gautag Abzeichen)

25 mm x 50

navy blue felt eagle stitched in place on either side of the flag on the upper light blue band near the hoist sleeve

medal bed in gold-coloured felt

the bar bears the inscription “F

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold Province of China (Gautag Abzeichen)(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, the reverse with a barren hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 49. 92 mm (w) x 49. 62 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, demonstrating total