Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, By Souval, C. 1950 Auction the Italian soldier with a

the Italian soldier with a knife in his teeth and holding a flag bearing a skull with crossed bones and inscribed "DESPERATA" in his left hand

It was originally awarded

Instituted August 21 1947 by King Oscar

with a canvas cover draped behind

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross With Oak Leaves And Swords, By Souval, C. 1950 Auction the Italian soldier with a(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern, und Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; c. 1950 reissue). 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