Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China two straps stitched in place

two straps stitched in place on the underside of the belt at the back

Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal (in bronze

exhibiting contact marks and surface wear in various locations

87 mm x 138 mm each

Provenance: SOTHEBY JULY 1979

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China two straps stitched in place(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 and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, the ring