German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China Stephen (silver gilt and enamels

Stephen (silver gilt and enamels

provided they served with pay for an aggregate period not less than three months and had been retired or honourably discharged

79 mm (w) x 64

scattered blackening wear evident on the obverse

II - The American War

German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China Stephen (silver gilt and enamels(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber with a non magnetic alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic core situated within a ribbed and silvered 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 integral loop featuring an