German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction bronze gilt with light blue

bronze gilt with light blue and dark blue enamels

First Service Command

Second Class - in gilded silver

eagle's head hallmarked on the obverse

According to the census and social directories

German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction bronze gilt with light blue(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). A cross with a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points; the center with a denazified Iron Cross in the center, depicting a central oak branch consisting of three leaves, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the introduction year 1941; the inner and outer sides of the wreath feature a thin red enameled rings with a silver core in the middle; the reverse plain but with a