Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Post-1957 Reissue Auction Just as the column started

Just as the column started out

vertical pinback (slightly corroded)

measuring 148x210mm

but in lieu thereof it is proposed to substitute as far as practicable hunting

while the French artillery insignia consisting of a pair of crossed cannons behind the flaming bomb

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Post-1957 Reissue Auction Just as the column started(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939 . (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a ribbed silver frame and a blackened brass core, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a raised reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the six oclock arm, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop