Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Heavy Version, By C.e. Juncker Auction measuring 470 mm x 830

measuring 470 mm x 830 mm

heavily bound and finished with a brown cloth tape binding

The blade is met at the upper crossguard by a blackened leather washer fitting securely at the base

Type III (in silvered bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Heavy Version, By C.e. Juncker Auction measuring 470 mm x 830(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed ribbed starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, within a gilt laurel wreath wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by an institution date of 1941, with both the inner and outer edges of