Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive First badge is bronze gilt

First badge is bronze gilt

maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO' on the reverse

medal for Military Merit (bronzed) and including a Medal for Merit of Federal Republic

giving it a distinctive crisp

very scarce in silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive First badge is bronze gilt(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of cupal with aluminum and enamels, consisting of a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points, the center bearing a black enameled mobile swastika on an aluminum background, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of the wreath are trimmed with thin red enameled