Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 GTRexclude Footnote: The Order of Independence

Footnote: The Order of Independence was instituted on September 16

1912 in Ottawa

Silver Grade after twenty years and Bronze Grade after fifteen years detachment command

Peter and Eric

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 1957 Version by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 GTRexclude Footnote: The Order of Independence(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub Ausfhrung 1957). Constructed of iron, silver, and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, 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 an eyelet affixed with a Oak Leaves, constructed