Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version Hold maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA

maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA HABANA" on the screwback

A 1935 Würzburg Mittelmain Gerolzhofen Kreisturnfest badge (20-21

and two bands of rolled brown thread

Most had been offi­cially inducted

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version Hold maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and nickel silver, consisting of a Cross Patt with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel silver 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 with an integral loop