Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold and Visor Cap Chin Strap

and Visor Cap Chin Strap (rolled silvered aluminum wire wrapped around an embroidered core

2nd Pattern (CSSR - in silver

with an inscription of “LEGION OF MERIT

1888 – November 15

76 mm (w) x 39

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold and Visor Cap Chin Strap(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron, silver, and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber 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 eyelet affixed with a Oak Leaves, constructed