German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction date marked "B9" (1952) and

date marked "B9" (1952) and engraved "T

All but one are fabricated from bronze with various colors of enamels

and up the pillbox-rimmed heights under intense enemy machine-gun and mortar fire and with A and B Companies of the 2nd Battalion and some elements of the 116th Infantry Regiment

Second Class - in gilded silver

According to the census and social directories

German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction date marked "B9" (1952) and(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). A cross with a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points; the center with a denazified Iron Cross in the center, depicting a central oak branch consisting of three leaves, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the introduction year 1941; the inner and outer sides of the wreath feature a thin red enameled rings with a silver core in the middle; the reverse plain but with a