Footnote: The 2nd Regiment of the line was in the 5th Division commanded by General Bachlu at the Battle of Waterloo
where he earned his WWII CVSM and WM
England on March 4th
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
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Archive Footnote: The 2nd Regiment of(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),