Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China exhibiting contact marks and surface

exhibiting contact marks and surface wear in various locations

marked “DRGM” on reverse

Provenance: SOTHEBY JULY 1979

87 mm x 138 mm each

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China exhibiting contact marks and surface(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 and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, the ring