✚7200✚ German Army War Merit Cross First Class medal post WW2 1957 pattern ST&L and the cross design (but

and the cross design (but not the specific decoration) has been the symbol of Germany's armed forces (now the Bundeswehr) since 1871

Navy (Marine)

The purpose of the evaluation is to show evidence that the Soldier is both physically and morally fit

The various levels of the decoration recognised peacetime merit to Prussia

a cross pattée in gold thread to either side

✚7200✚ German Army War Merit Cross First Class medal post WW2 1957 pattern ST&L and the cross design (butOriginal German War Merit Cross First Class Kriegsverdienstkreuz post WW2 version (1957 pattern) no swastika, VERY NICE CONDITION PERFECT PIN DEVICE, EARLY ST&L (STEINHAUER & LUCK) EXAMPLE REALLY NICE AWARD FROM THE MID OR EARLY 60'S In 1957 the West German government authorised replacement Iron Crosses with an Oak Leaf Cluster in place of the swastika, similar to the Iron Crosses of 1813, 1870, and 1914, which could be worn by World War II Iron Cross