Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive As a member of the

As a member of the 1st battalion

Each breast of the shirt has a pocket opening with a horizontal flap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting a pebbled magnetic metal button

which also appears to have been repainted

overlaid by a silvered German national eagle clutching a cogwheel

on original frayed ribbon

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive As a member of the(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of a silvered and gilded bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a 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, with red enameled rings