Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden accompanied by his back-seater

accompanied by his back-seater

each arm is composed of a cluster of seven rays

dated to 1941

large rosette affixed to the bottom

measuring 14 cm (w) x 21

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden accompanied by his back-seater(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes 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 initial mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon,