Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1970 certificate_of_authenticity weighing 6

weighing 6

Gold Grade with Hanger

promoting Forstassessor Herbert Eberbach to Forstrat (Forest Councillor) citing his status as a lifelong civil servant

Luger pistol

with a celluloid moisture shield stitched in place

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1970 certificate_of_authenticity weighing 6(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a pebbled field, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a raised date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm with a loop and suspension ring retaining a period original