Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity consisting of a contoured handle

consisting of a contoured handle completing in a bowl with a diameter of 55 mm

It is awarded in civil and military divisions

Silberburgstrasse 58a

while the latter has been bend post-manufacture to give the cross a vaulted appearance

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Early 1957 Variant, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity consisting of a contoured handle(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of neusilber with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, overlaid by a central silvered disc bearing a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red