Germany, Imperial. A Star To The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Example Auction Archive An Observers Badge by Assmann

An Observers Badge by Assmann - In tombac

the British lion and date marked "u" (1919)

One of the survivors was second-in-command

obverse illustrating a German Red Cross nurse standing in front of a large Red Cross

Footnote: The massacre was ordered by Hitler and Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler as a reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia

Germany, Imperial. A Star To The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Example Auction Archive An Observers Badge by Assmann(Stern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of gildered, silvered, and blackened bronze, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse bearing a featureless Iron Cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 89 mm (w) x 89 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.