Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Auction he was declared "Underage" with

he was declared "Underage" with "No Physical Disability" and ordered returned to Canada

Instituted 14 March 1942 by King Victor Emmanuel III

in the rank of Private

mounted to a bronze gilt insignia base

the highest award for valor of the country

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Auction he was declared "Underage" with(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink alloy 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 with an integral loop retaining a silver suspension ring and period original length