Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive skull and crossed bones insignia

skull and crossed bones insignia in silvered bronze affixed to its original ribbon

showing solder marks

SS Oberfuhrer and Division Commander

overlaid by central wreathed double Sig runes

and was one of the most influential Generals of the war

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive skull and crossed bones insignia(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and feinzink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened feinzink 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 which retains a suspension ring and original length of neck