Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive but missing its catch -

but missing its catch - with period thin copper wires spun around the catch

and is listed as killed in action on 23 August 1943 by a red ink stamp on the obverse cover

It is constructed of a heavy card stock binding and retains its original paper stock dust jacket

65 mm x 70

the catch demonstrates evidence of repair

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive but missing its catch -(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