Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Exhibition Example c. 1970 Auction Archive For Service At The Front

For Service At The Front pin

The organisation became the “Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront” (Sudeten German Home Front) in 1933 and the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) in 1935

It was awarded for participation in military campaigns in French colonies or protectorates

including a maker’s mark of “KURTZE & STORCKMANN

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Exhibition Example c. 1970 Auction Archive For Service At The Front(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered 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 a ring connecting to a clasp