Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed French Foreign Legion Medal of

French Foreign Legion Medal of National Defence

this bayonet remains in a better than very fine condition

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the lid with a gold maker’s mark of “JOS

but Howie was fatally wounded by a mortar shell explosion

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Newly Listed French Foreign Legion Medal of(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