German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Archive SS FM (Forderndes Mitglieder) Supporting

SS FM (Forderndes Mitglieder) Supporting Members Badge - silvered and enameled

John (C819 H

topped by a layer of dark green wool

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

marked on reverse with “FEC

German, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Early Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück Archive SS FM (Forderndes Mitglieder) Supporting(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