Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 1957 Version Hold and Medal for the Capture

and Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg (brass

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marked “Frühjahrs Messe 1942 beginn 1

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a tri-colour cockade

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 1957 Version Hold and Medal for the Capture(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core situated within a ribbed frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 retaining a suspension ring with a period original neck ribbon, the reverse six oclock arm stamped with