Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross Auction Archive with scuffing and paint chipping

with scuffing and paint chipping evident on the exterior

likely given to the Commander by the Officers

The cap remains in an overall extremely fine condition

Discharged January 20

Footnote: Private Judson Gibson served with the 34th Battalion Greenwood Infantry Company during the Fenian Raids

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross Auction Archive with scuffing and paint chipping(Wehrmacht Kreuz des 5. Don Kosaken Reiter Regiments). Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse trimmed with a depressed and blackened border, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised Cyrillic inscription of (KONONOV, for Ivan Nikitich Kononov), the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 5, the six oclock arm bearing a raised date of 28. X. 1941, with crossed swords piercing