Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Province of China designer marked “PEEKHAUS” and maker

designer marked “PEEKHAUS” and maker marked “SCHWERIN

and view of Dusseldorf on obverse

It lies just north-east of Hamburg

measuring 60 mm (w) x 100 mm (h) and retaining an original wax paper insert

with signatures in blue ink on postcard measuring 9 x 14 cm

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1960 Province of China designer marked “PEEKHAUS” and maker(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of brass and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 1831, the twelve oclock arm topped by a loop and suspension ring retaining a period original neck ribbon, unmarked but