Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar Republic of 089 American and 886 British

089 American and 886 British POWS in the camp

13mm (w) x 79

Fresno County

Grand Cordon  - Grand Cordon Sash Badge: four-piece construction

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar Republic of 089 American and 886 British(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL