Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Badge in 10K Gold

Badge in 10K Gold

During the 1930s and WWII it was used as an instrument of Nazi propaganda

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is a wire Bundeswehr-style tricolour cockade

A bronze grade mother’s cross “Mutterehrenkreuz”

light surface wear evident on the shield on the two-headed eagle's chest

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Badge in 10K Gold(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded neusilber with gilt and silver finish and with multi coloured 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, the reverse