diff --git a/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1.go b/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b0d0d14a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package objectv1
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Package Version
+const Version = uint32(1)
+
+// ObjectType is the type of object stored. It is either an Object or Multipart Object.
+type ObjectType uint8
+
+const (
+	// Object is a full object
+	Object ObjectType = iota
+	// MultipartObject is a collection of Objects uploaded separately that represent a large object.
+	MultipartObject
+)
+
+// Object Metadata
+type ObjectMetadata struct {
+	Bucket      string
+	Key         string
+	ErasurePart uint16
+	EncodedPart uint8
+
+	ContentType string
+	Created     time.Time
+	Length      uint64
+	Md5         []byte
+	ObjectType  ObjectType
+}
+
+func Write(target io.Writer, metadata ObjectMetadata, reader io.Reader) error {
+	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	binary.Write(buffer, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(Version))
+	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(buffer)
+	if err := encoder.Encode(metadata); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	reader = io.MultiReader(buffer, reader)
+	_, err := io.Copy(target, reader)
+	return err
+}
+
+func ReadMetadata(reader io.Reader) (metadata ObjectMetadata, err error) {
+	versionBytes := make([]byte, 4)
+	if err := binary.Read(reader, binary.LittleEndian, versionBytes); err != nil {
+		return metadata, err
+	}
+	var version uint32
+	version = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(versionBytes)
+	if version != 1 {
+		return metadata, errors.New("Unknown Version: " + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(version), 10))
+	}
+	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(reader)
+	err = decoder.Decode(&metadata)
+	return metadata, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1_test.go b/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416f007f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/donut/object/objectv1/objectv1_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package objectv1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
+	"io"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
+
+type MySuite struct{}
+
+var _ = Suite(&MySuite{})
+
+func (s *MySuite) TestObjectV1ReadWrite(c *C) {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+
+	data := "Hello, World"
+
+	hash := md5.New()
+	hash.Sum([]byte(data))
+	sum := hash.Sum(nil)
+
+	objectMetadata := ObjectMetadata{
+		Bucket:      "bucket",
+		Key:         "key",
+		ErasurePart: 1,
+		EncodedPart: 2,
+
+		ObjectType:  Object,
+		Created:     time.Now(),
+		ContentType: "application/text",
+		Md5:         sum,
+		Length:      uint64(len(sum)),
+	}
+
+	err := Write(&buffer, objectMetadata, bytes.NewBufferString(data))
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	versionBuffer := make([]byte, 4)
+	buffer.Read(versionBuffer)
+	c.Assert(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(versionBuffer), Equals, uint32(1))
+
+	actualMetadata := ObjectMetadata{}
+	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(&buffer)
+	decoder.Decode(&actualMetadata)
+
+	c.Assert(actualMetadata, DeepEquals, objectMetadata)
+
+	var actualData bytes.Buffer
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(&actualData, &buffer)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(actualData.Bytes(), DeepEquals, []byte(data))
+}