Germany, Federal Republic. A Ladies Commander Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude with extensive operational entries and

with extensive operational entries and commentary for his period of service in Malta in between

Instituted 1916

consisting of Latin Crosses with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants

the obverse bearing a red shield overlaid by a black Albanian national eagle

in the year of Our Lord

Germany, Federal Republic. A Ladies Commander Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude with extensive operational entries and(Damenausfhrung Komturkreuz des Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden). Instituted 7 September 1951. (1951 present issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie style ribbon with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a gilded centerpiece bearing a black enameled Federal Republic style German