Germany, Kriegsmarine. A German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version Auction Archive suspended from a blackened leather

suspended from a blackened leather strap topped by machine-embroidered silver aluminum tresses

30mm x50mm

with minor wear visible to the ribbons and some oxidation of the bar evident

Motor Mechanic)

the armada made their way to Romania

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version Auction Archive suspended from a blackened leather(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). A German Cross in Gold, cloth version, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst with a dark navy blue wool base with dark grey and silver aluminum wire rays, with a central white rayon embroidered disc bearing a black mobile swastika trimmed with silver aluminum wire borders, situated within a circular gilded alloy laurel wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom