Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Hold The Swiss-born Major-General Louis de

The Swiss-born Major-General Louis de Watteville was appointed commander of the Montreal District on September 17th

small holes in both forearms

Le Mars (silvered and gilt bronze with light blue and dark blue enamels

the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “UE82” for Steinhauer & Lück

Ontario on July 11

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern People’s Medal, Gold Grade, I Class With Swords Hold The Swiss-born Major-General Louis de(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker 1. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded feinzink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, with a central raised six leaf rosette within a pebbled ring, in turn within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,