Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, I Class Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Newly Listed dated April 1 1943

dated April 1 1943

Depicted in one of the photographs is the court mounted Iron Cross 1914 Second Class

it became an official distinction recognizing both civil and military accomplishments

The blade sits securely within a nickel-plated zink alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel

from its period original slightly shorted neck ribbon

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, I Class Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Newly Listed dated April 1 1943(Deutscher Orden der NSDAP, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with black enameled arms, the obverse of each trimmed with a raised and gilded oak leaf border, joined through the quadrants by a double sided NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastikas, bearing a central NSDAP membership badge consisting of a white enameled medallion overlaid by a black mobile