Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive (Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjäger in Bronze)

(Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjäger in Bronze)

02 mm x 48

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive (Frontflugspange für Nahnachtjäger in Bronze)(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