Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Archive 45th Infantry

45th Infantry

He was posted overseas on August 7

Pas Fini (Ile-de-France)

While still with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Second Badge bearing the Royal Air Force wings and inscribed "CZECHOSLOVAKIA" on a ribbon banner above the Pilot's Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange Archive 45th Infantry(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, overlaid by a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the