hand embroidered in heavily padded flat and rounded silvered bullion wires
Informed by the local Maquis about some wounded paratroopers nearby
Magnificent on June 4
It was issued in three grades: Gold
Baring appears as the bearded officer lying in the foreground
United Kingdom. A Military Cross, Gv Issue, French Made, C.1918 Auction Archive hand embroidered in heavily paddedGeorge V Issue. In toned silver, measuring 46. 42 mm (h) x 42. 44 mm (w), with indecipherable French makers mark on integral ring as well as silver hallmark boars head denoting 800 fineness, Paris origin, from 1838 to 1962, on original period ribbon, very fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by Dr. Goodwin between 1946 1967. Dr. Goodwin