Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-Issue 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac likely indicating a more recent

likely indicating a more recent removal of a frog which protected the surface

being deployed to the 2nd Company of the Pioneer Replacement Battalion 12

the label printed in light blue ink with a large RZM insignia beside a large "A"

WEIHNACHTEN 1918

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-Issue 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac likely indicating a more recent(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core situated within a ribbed frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 original shortened length of neck ribbon, the twelve