Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden Four sets of dual vertically-arranged

Four sets of dual vertically-arranged threaded loops are set into the upper left pocket for the accommodation of decorations with vertical pinbacks

constructed of padded black doeskin wool with a white wool trim

since Hitler always preferred young and naive women

the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering magnetic metal pinback meeting a flat wire catch

the damage to the battalion and the expedition as a whole had been done

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden Four sets of dual vertically-arranged(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of cupal with gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the interior and