Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction with a Gold Maltese cross

with a Gold Maltese cross in blue enamels and ball finials

his left hand holding a shield

Resting upon the shoulders are two boards constructed of a thick pink wool base bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire in an interwoven pattern

on a silver gilt cross with swords and wreath

Third Class with Swords

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction with a Gold Maltese cross(Heer Urkundengruppe fr einen Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Trger). A pair of award documents to later Oberst Hans Messinger, a decorated First World War serviceman and recipient of the German Cross in Gold (20 May 1944), the latter achieved while serving with artillery units during the Second World War, including: 1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, awarded to Messinger a Major of Schwerer Artillerie Ersatz Abteilung 97, dated 24 December