Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords

The Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern) was instituted in 1940 to award the civil defence, civilian population and political formations for there high achievements and outstanding service in the furtherance of the war effort, without being directly connected to combat. The criteria to be awarded with the Knight’s Cross was that the recipient already had been awarded with the War Merit Cross first and second class and that a recommendation was send by the OKW or a State Minister to the Reich chancellery, where it then by Hitler personally was approved. Our reproduction is a fine recreation of the original with authentic details, includes RKdKVK suspension loop and ribbon.