Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Republic of Generalmajor Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981)

Generalmajor Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981)

A very fine quality Wehrmacht Musikmeister brocade dress belt

consisting of a Savoy Cross with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

measuring 101 mm (w) x 140 mm (l)

the reverse is plain and bears a vertical

Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Republic of Generalmajor Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981)(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). 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 topped by an eyelet retaining a suspension ring and period original length of neck ribbon,