Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction The bottom of the pot

The bottom of the pot is marked “BIRKS”

in the role of Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander at Headquarters

(Heavy Anti-Aircraft) Regiment

inscribed "Soldbuch zugleich Personolausweis Luftwaffe" below

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Merit Decoration, I Class In Gold, With Case Auction The bottom of the pot(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),