Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version GTRexclude Officially engraved in running script:

Officially engraved in running script: 602 Sepoy Bir Singh Kapurthala I

with material fatigue evident in addition to remnants of an adhesive on the interior

with the aforementioned chinstrap issues

56mm x 44mm

Private Kirkbride was promoted to Corporal on April 14

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version GTRexclude Officially engraved in running script:(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