Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Issue Auction Archive 83 mm (w) x 49

83 mm (w) x 49

/ ОТЛИЧНА СЛУЖБА" on the lid

the edge is inscribed “Aus erobertem Geschütz” (Out of captured cannons): measuring 29

Austrian and Bulgarian officers

Gothic embroidered script in silvery thread

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Issue Auction Archive 83 mm (w) x 49(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