Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac counter-attacked twice during the Second

counter-attacked twice during the Second Battle of Ypres (April and May 1915) and suffered heavy losses

in dark green

constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery on a cotton-blended background

Constructed of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered gold threaded DRL insignia

3rd Class with Swords (bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class Gold Grade with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac counter-attacked twice during the Second(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,