Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden with a Edelweiss flower on

with a Edelweiss flower on the obverse of the medal (Edelweiss flowers traditionally represent bravery and courage in German/Austrian culture)

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 30389 of Friday

Private Kirkbride left for the 15th Infantry Battalion in the field

visible repairs to enamel on cape of Saint Ferdinand

with one brass plate on each side engraved W

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden with a Edelweiss flower on(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber ohne Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse with a crimped hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a