Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, Silver Grade, II Class Province of China A 1935 German Machine Gunners

A 1935 German Machine Gunners Plaque - Dark silvered

measuring 98 mm (w) x 155 mm (h) x 32

Provenance: This series of Schalburg Corps insignia were acquired from the estate of the late Karl Knobloch who passed away in Ontario

naming his next-of-kin as Gladys Vera & Tommy Seaton

Both badges with the enamels intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, Silver Grade, II Class Province of China A 1935 German Machine Gunners(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker II. Klasse Silber ohne Schwerter). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 39. 98 mm (w) x 45. 00 mm (h), weighing 14. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in better than very fine