Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Light Version, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold sides and undersides in red

sides and undersides in red wool

The New York Public Library

Wilfred Moresby Prevost Infantry

October 22

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Light Version, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold sides and undersides in red(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of cupal with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, set within a circular gilded laurel wreath wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, in turn trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled rings, the