Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold War Medal 1939-1945 (QX53053 L

War Medal 1939-1945 (QX53053 L

and Visor Cap Chin Strap (rolled silvered aluminum wire wrapped around an embroidered core

It is awarded in three categories: I Class Gold Grade

1915 and served in France and Holland

with an inscription of “LEGION OF MERIT

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold War Medal 1939-1945 (QX53053 L(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron, silver, and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 affixed with a Oak Leaves, constructed