Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold certificate_of_authenticity (Kriegsmarine Wechselbezug für die Tellermütze)

(Kriegsmarine Wechselbezug für die Tellermütze)

on loop for suspension from its period original parade-mounted ribbon with horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner

on short section of original neck ribbon

The forward leather visor has magnetic sheet metal trim to the forward edge secured by two large dome headed rivets

along with head designer Gabriel Stalin

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold certificate_of_authenticity (Kriegsmarine Wechselbezug für die Tellermütze)(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel wreath, the reverse with a barren hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked, measuring 49. 92 mm (w) x 49. 62 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, demonstrating total