Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross without Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior bearing an intact

the interior bearing an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a maker’s code of “A4/117” and a secondary code of “046364”

8 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

The AFAM is only awarded to junior personnel and is most often awarded to officers with the pay grade of O-4 and below

Postcard of the Emperor at Three Years Old (entitled "Unseres Kaisers 1833 Kinderjahre

railway yards

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross without Swords, 1957 Version consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior bearing an intact(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes ohne Schwerter). A Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross without Swords, constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, 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 twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars