Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Stick Pin Miniature, by Boerger & Co. GTRexclude Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot

Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot Medal

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of of Crown Prince Rupprecht circumscribed by name and date

featuring an enameled white Maltese Cross

While the soldiers consistently acquitted themselves well in battle

vertical pinback snapped off

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Stick Pin Miniature, by Boerger & Co. GTRexclude Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges