Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Exhibition Example c. 1970 Auction Archive 1943 and signed in blue

1943 and signed in blue crayon by a Hauptmann (Captain) and Staffelkapitän (Squadron Captain)

including a maker’s mark of “KURTZE & STORCKMANN

one 1968 Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Crew Qualification Badge (in various colours of embroidery

It should be noted

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Exhibition Example c. 1970 Auction Archive 1943 and signed in blue(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered 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 a ring connecting to a clasp