Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive He served his mandatory term

He served his mandatory term in the Reich Labour Service from February to August 1941 and then had a short spell in the army from September 1941 to June 1942

presenting the same Anchor cross with wreath and surmounting crown

with an entry visa for the United Kingdom issued at the British embassy in Berlin on 7 August 1939

England on March 4th

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive He served his mandatory term(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central raised rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with ribbed inner and outer edges, the reverse with a barrel hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 96 mm (w) x 49. 73 mm (h),