Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 United Republic of First badge in sterling silver

First badge in sterling silver

circumscribed by an inscription of “KRIES-SCHIESSEN KUFSTEIN 1943”

made the westward journey during which he also stood watch as a regular ship's officer

or TeNo (Technical Emergency Service) ordered that the wearing of the metal Honor Badge should cease (recipients who had one were allowed to keep it)

paint chipping evident of some of the brown painted raised lettering exposing the underlying silvering

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 United Republic of First badge in sterling silver(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,