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

CLASPS "ALMA

D” and “Ges

56 mm (w) x 77 mm (h)

In late October 1941

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