Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed suspended from a 4

suspended from a 4

would account for this

undulated pinback

Operational Service Medal 2000 on Afghanistan Ribbon:

and 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (silvered metal with blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed suspended from a 4(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 91 mm (w) x