Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 76 mm (w) x

measuring 76 mm (w) x 107 mm (h)

he joined the SS (No

the Castle of Mildstad in the Duchy of Carinthia

17 mm x 20 mm

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 76 mm (w) x(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core situated within a ribbed and silvered 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 accommodating a clasp in the form of three overlaid oak leaves, the