Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction demonstrating moderate loss of finish

demonstrating moderate loss of finish to the base metal which has exposed the bronze base throughout high-contact points

(Waffen-SS Ärmelabzeichen)

Third Class with Swords

(Club Automobilistico Italiano Reale)

with a Gold Maltese cross in blue enamels and ball finials

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction demonstrating moderate loss of finish(Heer Urkundengruppe fr einen Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Trger). A pair of award documents to later Oberst Hans Messinger, a decorated First World War serviceman and recipient of the German Cross in Gold (20 May 1944), the latter achieved while serving with artillery units during the Second World War, including: 1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, awarded to Messinger a Major of Schwerer Artillerie Ersatz Abteilung 97, dated 24 December