Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Newly Listed 7 mm (h) ribbon bar

7 mm (h) ribbon bar with a silvered GDR coat-of-arms clasp affixed

and laying on two ears of corn

The exterior shell

Despite its age

Brass hilt fittings show minor surface wear to the floral embellished

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Newly Listed 7 mm (h) ribbon bar(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