Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of above an engraved award number

above an engraved award number of “1182544” and an inscription of “4 СТЕП” indicating IV Class

A faint maker’s mark which appears to read “GEORG MÜLLER & CO

two pieces consisting of a lid and base

A round gilded copper medal

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of above an engraved award number(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