Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves And Case, 1957 Version In Silver Auction War Merit Cross 2nd Class

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (zinc

Constructed of black and white cotton embroidery

the medal has been stitched to the bar backwards

Five weeks after signing at Fredericton

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves And Case, 1957 Version In Silver Auction War Merit Cross 2nd Class(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