Germany, Third Reich. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive as well as missions against

as well as missions against Allied convoys in the northern North Sea

documented as having been with the Artillery at Hastings in March 1917

it all points towards him eventually joining the 37th SS Cavalry Division as his last unit

inside tinted in a gold coloured wash

Germany, Third Reich. A German Cross In Gold, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive as well as missions against(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of cupal with aluminum and enamels, consisting of a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points, the center bearing a black enameled mobile swastika on an aluminum background, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of the wreath are trimmed with thin red enameled