the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika
WWI 3rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Browning copper
arriving in Boulogne on March 9
the reverse with the raised number “12” centrally within an oak wreath border
Footnote: Harry Brown Hetherington was born on March 15
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, Silver Grade, II Class United Republic of the obverse bearing a central(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker II. Klasse Silber ohne Schwerter). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central raised rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 39. 98 mm (w) x 45. 00 mm (h), weighing 14. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in better than very fine