Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden both unmarked and measuring 45

both unmarked and measuring 45 mm (w) x 60 mm (l)

“Shakudo” refers to the type of Japanese metalwork consisting of a dark metal alloy made using a variety of metals

the other is unmarked and is engraved 184742 SAMUEL McCOY" on the reverse

"X" shaped) with a group of three gilt rays in each quadrant

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden both unmarked and measuring 45(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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 retaining a suspension ring and period length of neck ribbon,