Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version for Assault Gun Troops, with Dietrich Maerz Certification Auction and the 6 o’clock arm

and the 6 o’clock arm with the date “1914”

The interior of the cap features a 40 mm-wide grey leather sweatband secured with a row of machine stitching

It is unmarked with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “F

an example by a rarely-encountered manufacturer in extremely fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version for Assault Gun Troops, with Dietrich Maerz Certification Auction and the 6 o’clock arm(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung fr Sturmgeschtztruppen). A cloth version of the German Cross in Gold issued to Sturmgeschtztruppen (Assault Gun Troops), consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, with a field grey wool base overlaid by machine embroidered slate grey threading, trimmed with machine embroidered silver aluminum wire rays, bearing a central white embroidered cloth disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika