Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, with Case, Exhibition Example Archive ” surmounted by a crown

” surmounted by a crown

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM FLEISSIGEN UND RELICHEN DIENSTBOTHEN” (“FOR A DILIGENT AND HONEST SERVANT”)

The grip is a yellow color

a Luftwaffe photo album cover decoration

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, with Case, Exhibition Example Archive ” surmounted by a crown(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink alloy core situated within a ribbed and silvered 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 culminating in an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original