Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version Auction Archive 77 mm (w) x 23

77 mm (w) x 23

It is that of the shortened type

a momentary bearing lock at 11 o’clock

measuring 46mm x 60mm

including a Wehrmacht Administration Officer’s board

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version Auction Archive 77 mm (w) x 23(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a plated neusilber frame, the obverse bearing three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop