Germany, Heer. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version with Wartime Signed Letter, from the Estate of Generalmajor Gustav Boehringer United Republic of on an original B-1 Grade

on an original B-1 Grade ribbon

measuring 45 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

remaining extremely fine

It is dated to Oberleutensdorf (Horní Litvínov

the state was taken over by Friedrich the Great and was henceforth under Prussian rule

Germany, Heer. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version with Wartime Signed Letter, from the Estate of Generalmajor Gustav Boehringer United Republic of on an original B-1 Grade(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes Ausfhrug 1957 mit Brief). Constructed of neusilber, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a raised date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars culminating in an eyelet and suspension ring