Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude to Walter Schieck

to Walter Schieck

3 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

consisting of a sturdy cardstock frame with textured faux black leather exterior and “Luftwaffe Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen” stamped in gold font on the centre of the lid

he was awarded the Bravery Medal

Jensen was killed in action on 14 July 1943 in Catania

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude to Walter Schieck(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of a silvered and gilded bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, with red enameled rings