Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, Certified by Dietrich Maerz Auction Archive a portrait of a recipient

a portrait of a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with oakleaves and swords

Himmler insisted to be awarded the Order of Yugoslav Crown 1st Class - which he received during this visit)

tales of the atrocities supposedly committed by France's native allies at the surrender of Fort Oswego and Fort William Henry probably fresh in his mind

Medal for Loyalty and Defence Capacity 1918-1938 (AKA Organized Volunteers Medal) (in bronze gilt

The edges are crisp and the tip has still retained its sharpness

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, Certified by Dietrich Maerz Auction Archive a portrait of a recipient(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, Stoffausfhrung). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of black and grey wool with silver aluminum wire, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse featuring a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire frame frame with ribbing executed in a pebbled format, with a dark grey wool core, the six oclock arm with a date of 1939 similarly constructed of silver aluminum wire, with a central black wool