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    Hello Alex,

    please compare the crowns. The pics could be better, but i think you can see the differences. The outer shape is different, the cross on top left is llarger and cut-out. The pearls in the bottom row left have all the same size, right they get smaller from center to the sides, so it looks more 3-dimensional. The edges of the cross on the right side are correctly silver, the cross on the the left side has been completely gilted. So we have here two pieces strucked from two different tools. As Mike said, the cross on right side matches the tool of the Berliner M?nze, today stored in the Bode-Museum in Berlin

    Regards

    Markus

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    Thanks for some very helpful information. I have one "stupid" question on this topic though. Both the 2nd and 3rd class are "medals" by definition, whilst the 1st class normally would be labelled "Kreuz" or "Ehrenzeichen" in German, considering its shape. Are there any other German decorations with similar unorthodox designation?

    cheers

    Peter

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    As Markus and Mike said before, there are the tools of the awarded crosses stored in the Bode-Museum in Berlin. Additionly there are documents about the production, telling us there where 260 crosses produced. As usual in Germany, it is possible to examin items stored in official museums. So we know now, wich crosses fit in the punch exactly (always in only one of the four possible positions!).

    Here is another "fitting" one (please notice - again gilded crowns and silver edge of the cross):

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