Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive slight discoloration on ribbon

slight discoloration on ribbon

surrounded by a ring of green-blue enamel with dots of the colours of the Republic of China

blue and fragments of remaining green enamel

/ Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace under Our Sign Manual and the Seal of Our said Order this Fourteenth day of August 1908

overlaid by a silvered German national eagle clutching a cogwheel

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive slight discoloration on ribbon(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Museumsstck). Constructed of a silvered and gilded bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by 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, with red enameled rings