Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Archive of Edinburgh & London

of Edinburgh & London

measuring 32 mm (w) x 62 mm (l)

(1895-1965)

subordinate only to Reichsleiter (Reich leader) and the Führer

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Archive of Edinburgh & London(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern, 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 with an integral loop connecting to a clasp consisting of a