Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, Silver Grade, II Class Newly Listed A large miniature

A large miniature

with extensive paperwork indicating that Vögele suffered from a persistent lung disease and was recommended for duty in clean-air environments

LÜDENSCHEID” or “C

1915 at Camp Hughes

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, Silver Grade, II Class Newly Listed A large miniature(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