Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Special Deputy Sheriff Badge (in

Special Deputy Sheriff Badge (in white metal

1945 and signed in blue ink by a Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer

Footnote: The Merchant Marine played a large role in the convoy operations in the Atlantic during the Second World War

The cross guard has raised letters M

Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Special Deputy Sheriff Badge (in(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 eyelet retaining a suspension ring and period original length of neck ribbon,