Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 visually-hidden born 12 June 1908 in

born 12 June 1908 in Berlin

surrounded by the inscription "FÜR BESONDERE VERDIENSTE" and engraver marked "C KRÄMER"

as well as the top and bottom edge of the cap band cloth are in black “schwarz” Waffenfarbe wool

circumscribed by inscription “KAMPF-GESCHWADER 153

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 visually-hidden born 12 June 1908 in(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink core within a ribbed neusilber 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 integral loop and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked but