Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, III Class Cross, Exhibition Example with Godet Mark, c. 1980 United Republic of with a dead French soldier

with a dead French soldier at the feet of the horse

EHEM WAFFEN-SS” (“SEARCH SERVICE MEETING OF FORMER WAFFEN-SS”) with runes

yellow and white embroidery sewn upon a black wool base with a black cotton mesh backer

many of the enamelled beads on the crown have been lost to time

fire damaged on the right side of the skull

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, III Class Cross, Exhibition Example with Godet Mark, c. 1980 United Republic of with a dead French soldier(Deutscher Orden der NSDAP, Kreuz III. Klasse, Museumsstck). Constructed of a gilded alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with black enameled arms, the obverse of each trimmed with a raised and gilded oak leaf border, joined through the quadrants by a double sided NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastikas, bearing a central NSDAP membership badge consisting of a white enameled medallion overlaid