Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves And Case, 1957 Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity devotion to duty and insistence

devotion to duty and insistence for superior results have materially improved the instruction of the Military Science Department at the University and have produced a lasting influence on the junior officers graduated from this institution

maker marked “Wirsing” on a center silver medallion

in green lacquered bronze

and Knight: in silver with blue and white enamels

reverse illustrating Pope Pius IX on the throne

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves And Case, 1957 Version In Silver certificate_of_authenticity devotion to duty and insistence(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern, und Etui). Constructed of silver with a non magnetic metal alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic 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 topped by an integral loop connecting to Oak