Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version United Republic of Charles V granted the Order

Charles V granted the Order the island of Malta and the Order settled here from 1530 to 1798 when Napoleon Bonaparte captured the island en route for Egypt

" and dated "1915" on the reverse

bearing an etched membership code and date of “3

inscribed "Wehrpass" below

Ohio State Staff (two-piece construction

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross, 1957 Version United Republic of Charles V granted the Order(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a plated neusilber frame, the obverse bearing three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm bearing a reinstitution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop