Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed Herwig transferred from the SA

Herwig transferred from the SA to the SS (member number 5

Schrobenhausen Silber"

along with a ribbon bar of the Silver Star and Purple Heart beside the two awards on his left breast

constructed of metal (magnetic) and a lightly faded black/white photograph

with two holes for uniform attachment

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Newly Listed Herwig transferred from the SA(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, with a central raised six leaf rosette within a pebbled ring, in turn within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,