✚8352✚ German Army War Merit Cross First Class medal post WW2 1957 pattern ST&L plus the contract to manufacture

plus the contract to manufacture all of Germany's official decorations including Germany's highest order the Bundesverdienstkreuz

for certain economic and social dealings

400 or 1000 meter timed sprint (time limit determined by age category)

Recipients had to have the lower grade of the award before getting the next level

under Allied control

✚8352✚ German Army War Merit Cross First Class medal post WW2 1957 pattern ST&L plus the contract to manufactureOriginal German War Merit Cross First Class Kriegsverdienstkreuz post WW2 version (1957 pattern) no swastika, VERY NICE CONDITION PERFECT PIN DEVICE, EARLY PERIOD ST&L (STEINHAUER & LUECK) MADE EXAMPLE WITH SOLID HINGEBLOCK REALLY GOOD PIECE FROM THE 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