Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden loss of scabbard paint resulting

loss of scabbard paint resulting in surface oxidation

A gilded non-magnetic metal Maltese cross paty

Accompanied by seven Award Documents for the Bavarian Military Merit Order of St

the sections entitled: Pamphlet No

1861 and 1871

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden loss of scabbard paint resulting(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 integral loop connecting to a silver suspension ring which retains an original