Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 23 mm (w) w x

23 mm (w) w x 48

with a copper-coloured finish

the obverse of which is ribbed and adorned with a central black enameled 1914 Iron Cross

1923” (Be German like Him)

semblance of a post above the helmet indicative of a previous suspension

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 23 mm (w) w x(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and feinzink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened feinzink core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet which retains a suspension ring and original length of neck