Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac seven with ribbons

seven with ribbons

and a winged man (Icarus) in flight

(Waffen-SS Schulterklappen für Untersturmführer der Panzertruppe)

who was finishing his studies as a doctor in dentistry in Chicago

Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac seven with ribbons(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 eyelet retaining a suspension ring and period original length of neck ribbon,