Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed of Lüdenscheid (pre-RZM)

of Lüdenscheid (pre-RZM)

He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Mounted to a strip of cardboard

Commanders cross in silver gilt and enamels

1st Class Cross for Fifteen Years' Service (bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Post-1957 Reissue Newly Listed of Lüdenscheid (pre-RZM)(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939 . (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of silver and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a ribbed silver frame and a blackened brass core, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a raised reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the six oclock arm, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop