Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Collector’s Version, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed (NS-Reichsjugendtag Abzeichen)

(NS-Reichsjugendtag Abzeichen)

the Philippines campaign and the China Relief campaign

with related POW document to a same recipient

Constructed of a cut-out field-grey wool backer

The booklets measure 125 mm x 106 mm

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Collector’s Version, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed (NS-Reichsjugendtag Abzeichen)(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 58 for Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 65. 33 mm (w) x 65. 76 mm (h), weighing 49. 7 grams, demonstrating some flecking and loss of finish to the enamels and metal, respectively, a collectors version produced c.