Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Hans Israel Gottschalk

Hans Israel Gottschalk

large seal at bottom left

measuring 34 mm (w) x 54 mm (h)

The blade is plain with the exception of a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse ricasso

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Hans Israel Gottschalk(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink core within a ribbed neusilber 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 integral loop and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked but