Here's the latest addition to my family of 1957er awards, and it is one that I am very pleased with. It's a Deutsches Kreuz in Gold [German Cross in Gold] of the earliest type made by Steinhauer & Lück.
Obverse and reverse view:
Additional views of the first-model hardware with the wide pin:
Side-by-side comparison with my other DKiG (a slightly-later, but still early piece from the 1960s previously shown in this thread: 57er Deutsches Kreuz in Gold grouping ):
Note that the backplate is thicker on the very early piece:
As always, comments are welcome.
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