Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Heavy Version, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross

Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross was established by an Act of Congress on July 9

the lid domed and bearing the King's crown within an ornate rule in gold-coloured ink

measuring 146 mm x 103 mm

measuring 32 mm (w) x 40 mm (h- inclusive of bar suspension)

the other is brown glass and labelled "50 THIO TABLETS"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Heavy Version, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive Footnote: The Distinguished Service Cross(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilt laurel leaf, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled