Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased Civil Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac encircled by a knotted rope

encircled by a knotted rope around which is inscribed UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

A lot of five wartime photographs of Knight’s Cross recipients

In addition to reams of never-before-published information about the awards there are also hundreds of full-color photographs  and illustrations that augment the text

Johannes Geismann

a government-style visor cap eagle

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased Civil Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac encircled by a knotted rope(Auszeichnungen mit Etui). A pair of civil awards, including: 1. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade, constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a