Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, With Case, By Otto Klein Auction upon his posting to Headquarters

upon his posting to Headquarters at Bramshott on June 29th

the edge stamped with a silver content number of “800”

indicating that Kuhnle was born 4 December 1895

16mm(w) x 46

with a sliding insert

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, With Case, By Otto Klein Auction upon his posting to Headquarters(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of cupal with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid right pointed starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, within a circular gilt laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering