Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction measuring 110 mm (h) x

measuring 110 mm (h) x 45 mm (h))

black mounting paper residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting

huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day

both cleaned and better than extremely fine

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction measuring 110 mm (h) x(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid ribbed starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a blackened and silvered 1939 Iron Cross executed according to the regulations of 1957, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and