Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”

A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”

each of the inscriptions separated by a five-pointed star

the obverse with a Russian Cyrillic maker’s mark of “ИК” for “И

All three papers are attached to a large piece of paper with a separate paper frame

the 104th Regiment Westminster Fusiliers of Canada amalgamated with the 6th Regiment "The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden A “Goldenes Spanisches Kreuz”(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from an oblong plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by