Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, By Otto Klein United Republic of solidly respectable general" into a

solidly respectable general" into a powerless yes-man with all the wrong instincts

the base is marked denoting the manufacture by Rosenthal of Bavaria

the National Order of Merit

surrounded by a blue enameled ring with gilt inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and arabesques

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, By Otto Klein United Republic of solidly respectable general" into a(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of cupal with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid radiant starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc bearing a black enameled mobile swastika, within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with a red enameled ring, the reverse with four visible rivets