Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, With Case, 1957 Version United Republic of August and November of 1938

August and November of 1938

the obverse shows the crowned royal cypher of William I over the inscription “Dem siegreichen Heere” (“To the victorious army”)

with "sisters in the crimson poppy fields at northern France"

Although only partially conscious and severely wounded

repulsed at least ten major assaults by enemy forces who were vastly superior in number

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, With Case, 1957 Version United Republic of August and November of 1938(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern mit Etui). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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 with an integral loop connecting to a silver clasp with a double