Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Auction Archive circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN” (“TO THE VICTORIOUS WARRIORS”)

measuring 90 mm (w) x 72 mm (h))

the belt measuring 44 mm x 960 mm

81 mm x 126 mm

original ribbon with dual pinback

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Auction Archive circumscribed by an inscription of(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.