Germany, Federal Republic. A Set Of Early 1957 Version Iron Crosses United Republic of 56 mm x 65 mm)

56 mm x 65 mm)

Second postcard illustrates two Italian soldiers in the foreground

the latter bearing an inscription of “EHRENKREUZ DER FELD ARTILLERIE” (“HONOUR CROSS OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY”)

maker marked with “Ges

After twenty-nine months service overseas with 1 CAPDU

Germany, Federal Republic. A Set Of Early 1957 Version Iron Crosses United Republic of 56 mm x 65 mm)(Eisernes Kreuze 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). A matching set of early 1957 version Iron Cross, including: 1. A II Class award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939,