Very early 1957er Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

[HPL2008]

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.

[Rossi]

Very Beautiful Andreas!

Rossi

[Nick Hessens]

A very nice and early "copper" starburst with cupal backplate Andreas. Well done my friend, she's a keeper.

Best regards,
Nick

[carpediem]

Very nice Andreas! I think I saw this advertised, but it was already sold when I looked further. Well done!