Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 visually-hidden with moderate material fatigue evident

with moderate material fatigue evident to the piping

situated above oak leaf branches

and weighing at 61

8 mm (w) x 12

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 visually-hidden with moderate material fatigue evident(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui, 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 topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original full