Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden (Schutzmannschaft Einheitsfeldmütze M43 für Offiziere)

(Schutzmannschaft Einheitsfeldmütze M43 für Offiziere)

consisting of 1) A Winter Campaign Medal ribbon

one end of the chain appears to be missing an attachment device

also includes an early 20th century museum accession mark

obverse illustrating the Romanian eagle fronted by a shield

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden (Schutzmannschaft Einheitsfeldmütze M43 für Offiziere)(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, in turn surrounded by a pebbled border, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oval plate, the