Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Veteran’s Example, C. 1950 Auction on 27 January 1944

on 27 January 1944

Schöpke transferred to the 1st Kompanie of Pionier-Bataillon Glogau until 5 October 1936

eagle 64mm in length

General Henri Dentz

an Eastern Front map from a newspaper

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Veteran’s Example, C. 1950 Auction on 27 January 1944(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; c. 1950 reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered 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