Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Newly Listed machine-embroidered grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching

machine-embroidered grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

black cotton woven backing on a black rayon backer

to Major John A

Brass hilt fittings show minor surface wear to the floral embellished

He later joined the United States Navy Hospital Corps and was discharged from the U

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Newly Listed machine-embroidered grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching(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