Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 visually-hidden original ribbon with "10 YEARS"

original ribbon with "10 YEARS" pinback hanger)

where he would serve with distinction as a Spitfire Pilot

the reverse with a multitude of symbols

Yellow embroidered lettering "Feld-" over "Gendarmerie" on a emerald green cotton

Elizabeth II Imperial Crown type

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 visually-hidden original ribbon with "10 YEARS"(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core 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 a ring connecting to a clasp featuring