Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold 76 mm (w) x 39

76 mm (w) x 39

He was taken on strength upon the reorganization of the 4th Canadian Field Artillery and posted to the 52nd Battery

with an inscription of “LEGION OF MERIT

The interior of the tunic is fully lined with an olive drab cotton twill

2nd Pattern (CSSR - in silver

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Hold 76 mm (w) x 39(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron, silver, and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 topped by an eyelet affixed with a Oak Leaves, constructed