Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude 35 mm x 95 mm

35 mm x 95 mm

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha War Commemorative Cross 1914-18 Second Class is very rare award

each measuring 44

finished in a matte black on the obverse and in green on the reverse

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 GTRexclude 35 mm x 95 mm(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.