Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Auction Archive and dated 1851 in the

and dated 1851 in the left corner

measuring 90 mm (w) x 72 mm (h))

age-appropriate soiling and material fatigue is evident throughout

" (2nd South Midland Field Artillery)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Exhibition Example, c.1960 Auction Archive and dated 1851 in the(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52.