Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version United Republic of Army Long Service Cross

Army Long Service Cross

2nd Lieutenant Henry Miles suffered an injury to his left knee

Dark patina (L/S MITCHELL RC V8561 RCNVR) Naming is privately engraved with correct replacement ribbon

measuring 50 mm (w) x 104 mm (h)

Hanan was piloting a Wellington X3399 at East Moor airfield at 19

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version United Republic of Army Long Service Cross(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). 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 twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars