Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Stick Pin Miniature, by Boerger & Co. GTRexclude This knife measures 255 mm

This knife measures 255 mm in length with the scabbard on

While the soldiers consistently acquitted themselves well in battle

he left the police service when he was caught stealing examination solutions from a teaching superior's office

January 1942

vertical pinback snapped off

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Stick Pin Miniature, by Boerger & Co. GTRexclude This knife measures 255 mm(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges