Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of consisting of a double-sided depicting

consisting of a double-sided depicting of the Golden Fleece of Colchis executed in fine detail

with the body and sleeves completely unlined

A bronze grade mother’s cross “Mutterehrenkreuz”

pinned with aluminum insignia and bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses

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

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of consisting of a double-sided depicting(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