Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Province of China " and tagged "L'EROICA DIFESA

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

Luftwaffe EM trapezoid cap eagle

Footnote: Charles Pinder was born on September 20

Reverse is bilingual matching the scroll

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Silver, by Wächtler & Lange Province of China " and tagged "L'EROICA DIFESA(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