Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version for Assault Gun Troops, with Dietrich Maerz Certification Archive Military Merit Order Fourth Class

Military Merit Order Fourth Class

56 mm (w) x 77 mm (h)

In late October 1941

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version for Assault Gun Troops, with Dietrich Maerz Certification Archive Military Merit Order Fourth Class(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung fr Sturmgeschtztruppen). A cloth version of the German Cross in Gold issued to Sturmgeschtztruppen (Assault Gun Troops), consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, with a field grey wool base overlaid by machine embroidered slate grey threading, trimmed with machine embroidered silver aluminum wire rays, bearing a central white embroidered cloth disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika