Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Province of China maker marked "LV" and numbered

maker marked "LV" and numbered "5" and "0" on the ring

Gungl served in the 37

exhibiting soiling in the gray cotton at the bottom of the reinforcing strip at the left side opening and on the left side interior breast pocket

1935 and carries a facsimile of federal leader Wilhelm Reinhard (1869–1955)

" and tagged "L'EROICA DIFESA DELL'AMBA ALAGI" (The Heroic Defence of Alagi)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Province of China maker marked "LV" and numbered(Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei