Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive and is listed as killed

and is listed as killed in action on 23 August 1943 by a red ink stamp on the obverse cover

the catch demonstrates evidence of repair

Dietl was the first officer of the Wehrmacht to receive the Oak Leaves

65 mm x 70

other than the missing reverse centrepiece on the Order of the Sacred Treasure

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive and is listed as killed(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered cupal with 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, surrounded by 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 both the inner and outer edges of the wreath trimmed with