Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925)

Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925)

with surround inscribed Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ

skull and crossed bones insignia in silvered bronze affixed to its original ribbon

A fascinating private wartime photo album belonging to a Waffen-SS soldier who

and was one of the most influential Generals of the war

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925)(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck mit Etui). Constructed of silvered and feinzink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened feinzink 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, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet which retains a suspension ring and original length of neck