Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden bearing four rows silver/aluminum Russian

bearing four rows silver/aluminum Russian braid

leaving his estate to his mother

“Shakudo” refers to the type of Japanese metalwork consisting of a dark metal alloy made using a variety of metals

1934 to February 12

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 visually-hidden bearing four rows silver/aluminum Russian(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 integral loop retaining a suspension ring and period length of neck ribbon,