Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold 1936 RDB Lubeck Tinnie -

1936 RDB Lubeck Tinnie - In die stamped silver metal

Underneath the crown is a silver maker’s mark of “OFFIZIER KLEIDERKASSE

as his feet slipped out from under him

It is fully surrounded by side walls which are scalloped toward the front

for a term of twelve years

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Hold 1936 RDB Lubeck Tinnie -(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes, 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, double stamped with