Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 visually-hidden with moderate material fatigue evident

with moderate material fatigue evident to the piping

measuring 190 mm in total length

toning evident in areas on the obverse

just below the epaulette strap

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 visually-hidden with moderate material fatigue evident(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui, 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 integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original full