Germany, Federal Republic. A Blood Order, Second Type, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with gilt crossed swords piercing

with gilt crossed swords piercing the centrepiece

with nearly all of its original finish worn off but with sufficient remaining in the crevices on the obverse and on the reverse of the pinback to positively identify this as a gold grade specimen

5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

including an Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Germany, Federal Republic. A Blood Order, Second Type, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with gilt crossed swords piercing(Blutorden). Instituted November 9, 1933. (Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue). A circular silver medal, the obverse consists of a swooping NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreath with a central date of 9. Nov., flanked by an inscription of Mnchen 1923 1933, the reverse with a detailed raised depicting of the Munich Feldherrnhalle, topped by a mobile swastika with sun rays in the background, with an inscription of Und Ihr Habt Doch