Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold but died shortly thereafter

but died shortly thereafter

the obverse bearing a central raised National Socialist Flyers Corps insignia

reverse illustrating the Russian fleet attacking the Turkish fleet

as his feet slipped out from under him

Underneath the crown is a silver maker’s mark of “OFFIZIER KLEIDERKASSE

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold but died shortly thereafter(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, double stamped with