Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of pinned with aluminum insignia and

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

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

A bronze grade mother’s cross “Mutterehrenkreuz”

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

A ‘Starhemberg Vogel’ Heimwehr Medal With “July” Clasp -  (Heimwehr-Ehrenzeichen (sogen

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Version, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of pinned with aluminum insignia and(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