Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 72 mm x 39

72 mm x 39

measuring 44 mm x 35 mm

with no trace of the occupants

cracks and wear to white enamel arms on both sides

marked "NORMANDY 1944" within a rule in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 72 mm x 39(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