Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Archive A Bavarian Prince Regent Leopold

A Bavarian Prince Regent Leopold Medal

numbered "4656" with minor glue residue on reverse

spent at least six months on the front

An exceptionally well-preserved late-war

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Archive A Bavarian Prince Regent Leopold(Tapferkeits und Verdienstauszeichnung fr Ostvlker I. Klasse Gold mit Schwertern). Instituted 14 July 1942. (1942 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed starburst, bearing a central rosette situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 91 mm (w) x