Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Republic of 1942 and was later confirmed

1942 and was later confirmed as Staff Sergeant on January 1

He was later personally decorated by King Albert with a First Class gold medal and made a Commander of the King's Household

with two elongated wavy-styled bands placed upon the large piece of brass and protruding from the underside of the finial

Footnote: In the Battle of Aspern-Essling

1st November 1918

Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Republic of 1942 and was later confirmed(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber 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 loop and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, the