Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Heavy Version, By C.e. Juncker Archive as published in The Medal

as published in The Medal Collector issue for September-October 1959

Accompanied by a Wound Stripe (two-piece construction

Rifleman Patch

a thin loop attached to the end of the braided portion and wrapped around the top green-finished wooden button at the opening

Rudolf Hess

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Heavy Version, By C.e. Juncker Archive as published in The Medal(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