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Germany, Federal Republic. A Case Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, With Oak Leaves And Swords, 1957 Version Archive 1941 he suffered a shrapnel(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern, und Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core inside of a silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop connecting to a