Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive Dietl was the first officer

Dietl was the first officer of the Wehrmacht to receive the Oak Leaves

an aerial view of farmland an an aerodrome)

other than the missing reverse centrepiece on the Order of the Sacred Treasure

and is listed as killed in action on 23 August 1943 by a red ink stamp on the obverse cover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive Dietl was the first officer(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered cupal with enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, surrounded by a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, with both the inner and outer edges of the wreath trimmed with