Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac crossed cannons above seven cannonballs

crossed cannons above seven cannonballs in the centre

loop marked Gebr

Grossadmiral Dönitz ordered Generaloberst Alfred Jodl to sign the German instruments of unconditional surrender in Rheims

1913 for his wife Princess Elisabeth of Wied

with light overall gilt wear

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac crossed cannons above seven cannonballs(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). A Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised date of 1939, the