Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-War Type B by Steinhauer and Lück, with Dietrich Maerz Certification United Republic of arriving in England on May

arriving in England on May 24th

The upper right breast bears an insignia in the form of a dark grey trapezoid patch with a field-grey cotton threaded backer overlaid by a silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

within a stylized belt and buckle bearing a raised date of “1866”

vertical pinback (replaced/repaired)

Attached the the top of the case is a loop

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-War Type B by Steinhauer and Lück, with Dietrich Maerz Certification United Republic of arriving in England on May(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse six oclock arm bearing 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, also stamped on the reverse with a Prsidialkanzlei code of