Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class With Swords, Gold Grade Hold on a dark blue wool

on a dark blue wool backer and with black rayon backing

the lettering in silver bullion on a maroon felt background

the obverse bears a black silhouette of the Kyffhäuser monument on a white enamel background above a black enamel iron cross paty

beginning on April 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, I Class With Swords, Gold Grade Hold on a dark blue wool(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star overlaid by crossed swords, with a central six petalled rosette, set within a circular laurel leaf wreath with a ribbed border, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 78