German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Archive shortly after 0800 hours

shortly after 0800 hours

accompanied by its cardstock box

1944 and signed in blue ink by Major and Group Commander Heinrich Bär (1913–1957)

bronze gilt oak leaf cluster clasp on the ribbon)

German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Archive shortly after 0800 hours(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber with a non magnetic alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic core situated within a ribbed and silvered 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 featuring an