Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Silver, 1957 Version Auction " (Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven = Clothing

" (Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven = Clothing Department Wilhelmshaven) in white ink on the left side

the oblong design became obsolete and the Second Type

3 and 4 January 1945

of fine quality manufacture by Vinc Mayer`s Shne

the magazine failed to explode

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross In Silver, 1957 Version Auction " (Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven = Clothing(Deutsches Kreuz in Silber). Constructed of a silvered and patinated bronze alloy with enamels, consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc overlaid by a War Merit Cross with Swords, set within a circular stamped laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a raised date of 1941, with red enameled rings trimming both the inner and outer edges of the wreath, the reverse