Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Deschler-Marked Exhibition Example, c. 1960 visually-hidden A small area of mothing

A small area of mothing along the left side near the bullion piping

Footnote: The lands of Czechoslovakia had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire since the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620 crushed Bohemian independence

measuring 175 mm (w) x 212 nn (h)

" It begins with a Preface (dated October 1919)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Deschler-Marked Exhibition Example, c. 1960 visually-hidden A small area of mothing(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve o'clock arm topped by an eyelet and suspension ring retaining a period original length of neck ribbon, the six oclock arm stamped with a silver content number of 900 and a Prsidialkanzlei code of 1 for the