Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 46 cm in total

measuring 46 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard

then transferred to Camp Borden on December 15

18 mm x 39

the cluster for the latter award has been lost to time

marked Kunz

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 46 cm in total(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink alloy core within a ribbed and silvered 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 with an integral loop retaining a silver suspension ring and period original length