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 10 mm (w) x 75

10 mm (w) x 75

in turn situated above a banner bearing a raised inscription of “MEISTERSCHÜTZE 1943” (“MASTER MARKSMAN 1943”)

that his sister and his wife had the same name (Mary)

Dewar died on September 11

5 mm (w) x 84

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 10 mm (w) x 75(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