Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold 1st Class for Twenty-Five Years'

1st Class for Twenty-Five Years' Service (gilt iron

AND FREE”)

measuring 350 mm at the waist x 1

It measures 151 mm x 21 mm

Despite his prominent role in the Imperial Russian Army

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold 1st Class for Twenty-Five Years'(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