Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction with a matching metal sleeve

with a matching metal sleeve acting as the tip of the scabbard

afterwards Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood

circumscribed by an inscription of “GESTIFTET VOM REICHSPRÄSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932” (“FOUNDED BY REICHSPRÄSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932”)

Each finger is stamped with five holes

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction with a matching metal sleeve(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