Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1980 Republic of Montrose (Flotilla Leader

Montrose (Flotilla Leader

Islands of the Scheldt)

in blackened bronze (black coating nearly completely removed

a ten point silver star with clusters of smooth rays

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1980 Republic of Montrose (Flotilla Leader(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patt with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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, topped by an eyelet connecting to a clasp consisting of three overlaid oak