Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient GTRexclude published by the Ministry of

published by the Ministry of War at Rio de Janeiro in 1944

56 mm (w) x 42

Coastal Artillery breast eagle

the inner seam measures 77 cm in length

the interior bearing a partially-legible districted stamp that appears indicate the Nuremberg region

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient GTRexclude published by the Ministry of(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