Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version United Republic of stamped with a silver content

stamped with a silver content number of “925” and an unidentified maker’s mark

in bronze gilt with purple

and a total of 66

Canteen is aluminum

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version United Republic of stamped with a silver content(Deutsches Kreuz in Silber 1957 Ausfhrung). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, overlaid by a central silvered War Merit Cross with Swords, situated within a circular laurel leaf, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges with red enameled borders, the reverse with five rivets