Germany, Federal Republic. A Ladies Commander Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude in the year of Our

in the year of Our Lord

the obverse bearing a red shield overlaid by a black Albanian national eagle

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consisting of Latin Crosses with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants

Germany, Federal Republic. A Ladies Commander Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude in the year of Our(Damenausfhrung Komturkreuz des Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden). Instituted 7 September 1951. (1951 present issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie style ribbon with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a gilded centerpiece bearing a black enameled Federal Republic style German