Germany, Federal Republic. A Pair of Service Awards, 1957 Versions GTRexclude the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst”

the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst” (For Military Merit)

Soiling consistent with field use is evident to the material

membership was opened to hereditary descendants of veterans

Type IV (1883)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pair of Service Awards, 1957 Versions GTRexclude the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst”(Auszeichungen). A pair of service awards produced according to the regulations of 1957, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, of one piece neusilber construction, on loop for suspension from its original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial