Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Heavy Version, by Deschler & Sohn United Republic of The blade has a sharpened

The blade has a sharpened tip and blunted edges

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GRENADIER GDS

24 mm (h - inclusive of decorative suspension and integral ring)

Set into the hollow interior is a slotted black felt medal bed accommodating the aforementioned decoration

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Heavy Version, by Deschler & Sohn United Republic of The blade has a sharpened(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak 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, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges