Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction Archive grey Postschutz (postal security) button

grey Postschutz (postal security) button

Monocacy (to be bypassed by the Japanese at Kiukiang

Later in the war

with a gilt border trimming the edges

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction Archive grey Postschutz (postal security) button(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a frosted neusilber 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 eyelet which retains a suspension ring and original length of neck