Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction pulling the ropes of the

pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell

Klasse Kreuz)

both unmarked and measuring 25 mm (w) x 80 mm (l)

Footnote: Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich Alander was born on October 18

was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Marie Louise of Austria

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Auction pulling the ropes of the(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes 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 initial mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon,