Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-Issue 1957 Version GTRexclude with the exterior cover bearing

with the exterior cover bearing a full-colour photograph of a cased set of duelling pistols

It was similar in nature to the Lafayette Escadrille of the First World War

Underneath the moistures guard is a maker’s mark of “WILLY SPRENGPFEIL

and retains a functional spring catch to firmly hold the sword in place

measuring 58 mm x 610 mm overall

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-Issue 1957 Version GTRexclude with the exterior cover bearing(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core situated within a ribbed 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 retaining a suspension ring and period original shortened length of neck ribbon, the twelve