Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude 42 mm (h) (inclusive of

42 mm (h) (inclusive of suspension)

3mm (w) x 113

inscribed in black ink "This is where I live" and inscribed in pencil "NX11001 C

The period in which it was awarded can be identified even more precisely

German-made by Godet

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Gold, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 GTRexclude 42 mm (h) (inclusive of(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