Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive while with 836 Squadron aboard

while with 836 Squadron aboard the MV Empire MacMahon in convoy to Halifax

the reverse hows a horizontal pinback with pin extending over the edge of the brooch

Footnote: It was instituted on 20 March 1989 and awarded to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) for service in Angola in support of their revolution

He was drafted to the Light Cruisers H

Campaign Cuff Titles (four awards)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive while with 836 Squadron aboard(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte 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, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet retaining a suspension ring and period original length of neck ribbon,