Germany, Federal Republic. A Set Of Early 1957 Version Iron Crosses Newly Listed Commemorative Medal for 1 October

Commemorative Medal for 1 October 1938 -  Bronze gilt

the exterior with a skull flanked by oak leaves

only to be replaced a few months later by the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic

the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of King Maximilian

maker marked "G10" on the reverse

Germany, Federal Republic. A Set Of Early 1957 Version Iron Crosses Newly Listed Commemorative Medal for 1 October(Eisernes Kreuze 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). A matching set of early 1957 version Iron Cross, including: 1. A II Class award, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939,