Knight Cross Steinhauer & Lück B-type / unmarked Ritterkreuz Steinhauer & Lück B-Typ / ungestempelt

Knight Cross Steinhauer & Lück B-type / unmarked

This piece is Knight Cross of th Iron Cross /2007 by Dietrich Maerz
Pages 122 – 143 are discussed by Steinhauer & Lück B- TYPE unmarked
This piece is described in the last section of the book, see 139- since these pieces were made towards the end of the war, the apt name B-types is no accident.
Since the tool has worn out over time during the production of many pieces, it has worn out.
On the lower part of the so-called “3 o’clock arm” there are 11 typical damages resulting from tool defects, which are also clearly visible
And on the “6-9 o’clock arm” knee flaw is clearly visible.

I have attached the pictures of the typical “errors” that characterize this B-types.
This piece is fitted with an unmarked and non-magnetic inner core.
The Knight Cross itself the so-called “ 800” made of grade silver & on the ring see a made of “800” is marked .
The appearance of the character reflects the traditional and familiar S&L style date &numerals on the front and back.
width: 48.36mm
height: 48.34 mm
height with ring: 54.38 mm
weight with ring: 27.89g

This item was not donated. That’s why the price asked is so not high the , since the donated Knight Crosses starts at 20K, depending in the conditions .
Its condition is excellent, almost perfect, as shown in the pictures.

I bought the ribbon separately about 8-9 years ago at the Militaria Berlin Auction House for €850.I paired the cross and the ribbon for a better for appearance this was me, so it was the centerpiece of my collection..
Completely original and period pieces, like the KC and ribbon.
As this piece was not donated and this ribbon probably belonged to another knight cross earlier , but they match in age and time but did not form a unit during the war but they are connected to each other in a true-to-time way.
That’s too why I bought this ribbon for the cross at that time.

Knight Cross ribbon length: 180 mm
the size of the black cords: left 320mm & the right 340mm