Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive 5 mm ribbon bar with

5 mm ribbon bar with bronze MID Oak Leaf and Leopold III Clasps attached

(Illustrated on page 180

all edged with white wool trim

20 years old

Japanese forces attempted to advance south overland through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range to seize Port Moresby

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive 5 mm ribbon bar with(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