Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Deschler-Marked Exhibition Example, c. 1960 visually-hidden Military Order of the Star

Military Order of the Star of Karageorge with Swords

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Footnote: The lands of Czechoslovakia had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire since the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620 crushed Bohemian independence

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Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, Deschler-Marked Exhibition Example, c. 1960 visually-hidden Military Order of the Star(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve o'clock arm topped by an eyelet and suspension ring retaining a period original length of neck ribbon, the six oclock arm stamped with a silver content number of 900 and a Prsidialkanzlei code of 1 for the