Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Auction marked “RZM M1/

marked “RZM M1/

and is also stamped with a black ink size mark of “57 ½”

loop marked with maker mark of A

to Private/Colour Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer 2nd Class) Thomas Beasley

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval Auction marked “RZM M1/(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded neusilber with gilt and silver finish and with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, surrounded by a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, the reverse