Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction Archive the reverse with a barrel

the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular plate

consisting of a partially-functional zink and magnetic metal spring clip

Later in the war

Constructed in silvered zink

when he was knocked unconscious by the concussion and rendered unfit for further work

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction Archive the reverse with a barrel(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a frosted neusilber 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