Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold It was awarded in two

It was awarded in two classes: First Class in silver to officers and Second Class in bronze to other ranks

the roll catch having been lost to time and its housing pinched together

American Defense Medal with FOREIGN SERVICE clasp

The book contains 746 pages of text on a white paper stock

inscribed “Mr

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Postwar Veteran’s Replacement Example With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold It was awarded in two(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