Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac crossed cannons above seven cannonballs

crossed cannons above seven cannonballs in the centre

DACHAU (KONZENTRATIONSLAGER/CONCENTRATION CAMP DACHAU)

who fell in defense of Paris during the Paris Commune of 1871

Although his medal is impressed "N

without pin back assembly

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac crossed cannons above seven cannonballs(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). A Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised date of 1939, the