Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves, 1957 Version, With Case certificate_of_authenticity grey rayon reinforcement strip sewn

grey rayon reinforcement strip sewn on the bottom of each (slightly mismatching colour and style)

at Valcartier in September 1914 and was embarked for France in January 1916

but the last to leave was recaptured

to award Mexican republican officers and enlisted men who fought throughout the war against the French Army from 1862 to 1867

in the blue enamels on both centrepiece rings and in the green enamels on the wreath

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves, 1957 Version, With Case certificate_of_authenticity grey rayon reinforcement strip sewn(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Etui). Constructed of partially blackened neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 retaining Oak Leaves, the latter featuring a