Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of makers mark of H

makers mark of H

original ribbon with button hole attachment

printed in black and green inks on off-white paper

all opening with reinforced horizontal flaps bearing reinforced buttonholes

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of makers mark of H(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and feinzink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened feinzink 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 eyelet which retains a suspension ring and original length of neck