Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 visually-hidden circumscribed by inscription “KAMPF-GESCHWADER 153

circumscribed by inscription “KAMPF-GESCHWADER 153

takes pleasure in presenting the Air Force Cross to Airman Second Class Duane D

with a German national eagle clutching a swastika on the top

one in Gold with red and white enamels

born 12 June 1908 in Berlin

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1950 visually-hidden circumscribed by inscription “KAMPF-GESCHWADER 153(Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink 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 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon, unmarked but