Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive the photo mounted to a

the photo mounted to a dark gray panelled card and framed by an ornate embossed border

On the 24th of December

white and blue Royal Air Force roundel (which the Royal Canadian Air Force used until after the Second World War)

the addressee's name in calligraphic handwritten black ink

the case demonstrates minor material fatigue while the cross remains in a near mint condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive the photo mounted to a(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