Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the spine perforated with four

the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring which securely maintains the album’s structural integrity

He served in the post World War II German Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany

with obverse centre depicting a large white-enamelled cross of four equal arms also in silver gilt

the reverse with an inscription of “ERNST HERZOG VON SACHSEN-ALTENBURG” and a date of “3

the obverse with a central enameled medallion in the traditional chequered pattern with a rampant gilt Bavarian lion on the obverse

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the spine perforated with four(Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of an Allied soldier humiliating a German civilian, circumscribed by an inscription of SCHWARZE SCHMACH UND KULTURSCHANDE AM RHEIN (BLACK SHAME AND CULTURAL SHAME ON THE RHINE), the reverse bearing a central depiction of a broken sword topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER (GERMAN DISTRESS AND DISGRACE TALER), the obverse engraver marked WITTIG,