Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Hold Egleston was posted to the

Egleston was posted to the Central Ontario Regimental Depot on June 7th

It was while in command of the 3rd company that he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

" Beginning in June 1966

the exterior bearing an inscription of “EHRENKREUZ DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER

the throat fixture is similarly stamped with a district mark of “L

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Peoples Bravery Decoration, I Class in Gold Hold Egleston was posted to the(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