Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion died

635th Tank Destroyer Battalion died from his wounds

Berlin” on the bottom arm

1st Class Cross - in bronze gilt and enamels

Footnote: Only 2962 of this particular piece awarded

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Cross in Silver, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion died(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