Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive On the 24th of December

On the 24th of December

with gold and enamel centres

the case demonstrates minor material fatigue while the cross remains in a near mint condition

white and blue Royal Air Force roundel (which the Royal Canadian Air Force used until after the Second World War)

topped by machine-embroidered silver-grey crossed lances

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive On the 24th of December(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered cupal with enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, surrounded by a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, with both the inner and outer edges of the wreath trimmed with