Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-War Type B by Steinhauer and Lück, with Dietrich Maerz Certification United Republic of on a six-pointed star base

on a six-pointed star base

arriving in England on May 24th

99 mm (w) x 100

vertical pinback (replaced/repaired)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Late-War Type B by Steinhauer and Lück, with Dietrich Maerz Certification United Republic of on a six-pointed star base(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse six oclock arm bearing 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, also stamped on the reverse with a Prsidialkanzlei code of