Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Province of China pinned to its presentation card

pinned to its presentation card

measuring 60 mm (w) x 100 mm (h) and retaining an original wax paper insert

all with a pinback (four horizontal

and view of Dusseldorf on obverse

designer marked “PEEKHAUS” and maker marked “SCHWERIN

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Province of China pinned to its presentation card(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 1831, the twelve oclock arm topped by a loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, unmarked but