Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, By Souval, C. 1950 Auction design by John Denison

design by John Denison

issued to Obergefreiter Werner Müller of the Kraftfahr - Kompanie 2/14

It was originally awarded

the Italian soldier with a knife in his teeth and holding a flag bearing a skull with crossed bones and inscribed "DESPERATA" in his left hand

Instituted August 21 1947 by King Oscar

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, By Souval, C. 1950 Auction design by John Denison(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern, und Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; c. 1950 reissue). 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