Germany, Federal Republic. An Order of Merit, I Class Cross with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed with four short red enamel

with four short red enamel arms at each cardinal point

An attestation paper

dated 2 September 1944

cypher of Carol I on the obverse centrepiece

Germany, Federal Republic. An Order of Merit, I Class Cross with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed with four short red enamel(Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms and bearing a central circular gilt medallion overlaid by a black enameled Federal Republic style German national eagle, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a functional locking catch, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), accompanied