Germany, Luftwaffe. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version, Luftwaffe Issue Archive 48mm(w) x 57mm(h)

48mm(w) x 57mm(h)

92 mm (w) x 89

About 270 died aboard ship

it measures 35cm in total length (or 14 inches)

A German Stenographer’s Association (Deutsche Stenografenschaft) merit badge

Germany, Luftwaffe. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version, Luftwaffe Issue Archive 48mm(w) x 57mm(h)(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of a double overlaid field grey sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading, while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a stamped gilded tombak circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of