Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac worn on a thin

worn on a thin

constructed of red cloth with individually stitched white lettering reading “BRIGADA TRI MILLONARIA” above and below a separately stitched central circular motif depicting a mounted figure in blue against a yellow field

10 mm (w) x 75

The Battle of Acre (also known as the Fourth Battle of Acre) occurred on November 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Merit Decoration, I Class in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac worn on a thin(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