Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive Gold frame

Gold frame

one in plain bronze

with a Luftwaffe eagle superimposed on the wreath (note the lack of a swastika)

both prongs broken off)

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive Gold frame(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and patinated tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid radiant starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc bearing a black enameled mobile swastika, within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, surrounded on both sides by red enameled rings, the reverse with four visible rivets