Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, 1957 Version Province of China (Patriotische Plakette)

(Patriotische Plakette)

6 December 1944)

measuring 42 mm (w) x 102 mm (l)

rays between the arms of the cross in gold

hallmarked and maker marked on the loop

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, 1957 Version Province of China (Patriotische Plakette)(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern 1857 Ausfhrung). Constructed of iron 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 retaining combined Oak Leaves and