Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden Four sets of dual vertically-arranged

Four sets of dual vertically-arranged threaded loops are set into the upper left pocket for the accommodation of decorations with vertical pinbacks

it was decommissioned in 1932 and dismantled in August 1940

the damage to the battalion and the expedition as a whole had been done

The back of the book has a cardboard sleeve placed on the inside back cover that houses fourteen 480 mm (w) x 368 mm (h) folded colour maps

on a 49 mm long needle pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden Four sets of dual vertically-arranged(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of cupal with gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the interior and