Germany, Kriegsmarine. A German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version United Republic of Jubilee Medal for 60 Years

Jubilee Medal for 60 Years of the Armed Forces 1918-1978 (in brass

inscribed "SIE WIRD GESCHMIEDET AUFS NEUE" to the left and "DER NIBELUNGEN TREUE" to the right

with membership number 42

in black ink with watercolours on a light brown paper stock

The writer's powers of observation combine the horror and dignity of war with charm and humour - witness the story of the spy who was to be 'comfortably' hanged in the morning

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version United Republic of Jubilee Medal for 60 Years(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). A German Cross in Gold, cloth version, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst with a dark navy blue wool base with dark grey and silver aluminum wire rays, with a central white rayon embroidered disc bearing a black mobile swastika trimmed with silver aluminum wire borders, situated within a circular gilded alloy laurel wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom