Germany, Federal Republic. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves, 1957 Version Newly Listed England on the 13th

England on the 13th

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West Wall medal

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon affixed to a padded red wool backer with horizontal pinback

Germany, Federal Republic. A Cased Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves, 1957 Version Newly Listed England on the 13th(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core inside of a silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop connecting to a suspension ring with