Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden both unmarked and measuring 45

both unmarked and measuring 45 mm (w) x 60 mm (l)

the other four standing behind the seated officers

with the exception of only minor flecking of the enamels it is in an extremely fine condition

“Shakudo” refers to the type of Japanese metalwork consisting of a dark metal alloy made using a variety of metals

leaving his estate to his mother

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden both unmarked and measuring 45(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop retaining a suspension ring and period length of neck ribbon,