Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude Adjutant of the "Generalkommandos XXIII

Adjutant of the "Generalkommandos XXIII

to: Unteroffizier Otto Hoffmann

He was preceded in the position by Air Commodore Raymond William Ryan

consisting of a eight-pointed star with blue enameled arms and with flames emanating from the center of the cross between the arms

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude Adjutant of the "Generalkommandos XXIII(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