Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1980 GTRexclude 1941 as the 2nd (Reserve)

1941 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion

about 50% of gold finish was worn off

set within a green enameled circular oak leaf wreath

an early Austrian- or German-made example intended for issue to a member of the White émigre community c

1914 and is perpetuated by the 14th Infantry Battalion "Royal Montreal Regiment"

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1980 GTRexclude 1941 as the 2nd (Reserve)(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patt 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, topped by an eyelet connecting to a clasp consisting of three overlaid oak