Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Veteran’s Example With Case, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity German AA artillery (Flak) formed

German AA artillery (Flak) formed part of the Air Force (Luftwaffe) rather than the Army (Heer)

an Air Sports Helper’s badge

When he was returned to allied arms through a prisoner exchange in September 1953

Discontinued in 1959

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Veteran’s Example With Case, C.1950 certificate_of_authenticity German AA artillery (Flak) formed(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; c. 1950 reissue). Constructed of silver with non ferrous metal, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic metal 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