Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with obverse centre depicting a

with obverse centre depicting a large white-enamelled cross of four equal arms also in silver gilt

Ramcke and his unit were cut off from the German Panzer army

(Waffen-SS Schirmmütze für Offiziere)

the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring which securely maintains the album’s structural integrity

The other eight crew members

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rhineland Occupation Propaganda Medal, by Hans Wittig and L. Christian Lauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with obverse centre depicting a(Medaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of an Allied soldier humiliating a German civilian, circumscribed by an inscription of SCHWARZE SCHMACH UND KULTURSCHANDE AM RHEIN (BLACK SHAME AND CULTURAL SHAME ON THE RHINE), the reverse bearing a central depiction of a broken sword topped by an inscription of DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER (GERMAN DISTRESS AND DISGRACE TALER), the obverse engraver marked WITTIG,