Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Silver, Heavy Version, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac unmarked however exhibiting the stylistic

unmarked however exhibiting the stylistic characteristics of French manufacture

Type II (bronze gilt

These plates were designed by the sculptor Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret and executed by a team of about 30 sculptors including Jean-Joseph Foucou

having experienced undulation and slight damage

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Silver, Heavy Version, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac unmarked however exhibiting the stylistic(Deutsches Kreuz in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, surrounded by a circular 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