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The first production began in a cellar, the customer base continued to increase. It was here that one of the youngest medal firms was founded in 1889 by August Steinhauer and Gustav Adolf Lück. Lüdenscheid is situated between the cities Dortmund and Bonn. S&L did not have the whole monopoly on medal making, other famous firms such as Deschler & Sohn, BH Maher and Juncker also manufactured these new German decorations. Knights Crosses, Iron Crosses, Wound Badges, Tank Assault Badges etc were re-designed by Steinhauer & Lück - often with the oak-leaf spray replacing the swastika, with S&L having the sole patent rights to all WW2 1957 German decorations. The main government contract to manufacture and supply these new de-nazified WW2 1957 official decorations went to the world famous German firm Steinhauer & Lueck, Luedenscheid Germany.

The 1957 law also authorised de-Nazified versions of most other World War II–era decorations (except those specifically associated with Nazi Party organizations, such as SS Long Service medals, or with the expansion of the German Reich, such as the medals for the annexation of Austria, the Sudetenland, and the Memel region). In 1957 the West German government authorised replacement Iron Crosses with an Oak Leaf Cluster in place of the swastika, similar to the Iron Crosses of 1813, 1870, and 1914, which could be worn by World War II Iron Cross recipients. Original German Wehrmacht Heer Minesweeper War Badge post WW2 - 1957 pattern - no swastika, PERFECT CONDITION, VERY NICE GENUINE ST&L (Steinhauer & Lueck) MADE EXAMPLE, MID / LATER EXAMPLE, MOST LIKELY FOM THE 70'S (OPEN HINGEBLOCK)

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