Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Cross In Gold, Cloth Version, By Hermann Schmuck & Cie. Auction Archive each strap with a gilt

each strap with a gilt pip

instead of through the door of a C-47 Dakota

height 55mm

the 16th Canadian Light Horse and the 19th Alberta Dragoons

McCain" engraved on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Army Cross In Gold, Cloth Version, By Hermann Schmuck & Cie. Auction Archive each strap with a gilt(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted on 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 Issue). Constructed of a double overlaid field grey sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading (indicating Type 1), while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a stamped gilded tombak circular Juncker style wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year