Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction and at night the Polish

and at night the Polish destroyers arrived at nearby Rosyth

Measuring 383x166mm

the appropriate Ordnance Department markings

he married Hilda Mary Winnifred Ellis at Shoal Lake on August 3

engraved and dated "1941"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class Gold Grade With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction and at night the Polish(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker, I. Klasse in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 49. 49 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h),