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 monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle

monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle III and framed within a perimeter rule in gold-coloured ink on the lid

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

a precursor of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service

crossed cannons above seven cannonballs in the centre

without pin back assembly

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 monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle(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