Footnote: The East Asian Expedition Corps was a German-led multi-national army of 64
13 mm (w) x 15 mm (h) Princess Louise Dragoon Guards insignia in silver with dark blue
Instituted 14 March 1942 by King Victor Emmanuel III
green and maroon enamelled insignia affixed in the centre
mounted to a bronze gilt insignia base
Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Auction Footnote: The East Asian Expedition(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of neusilber and zink, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened zink alloy core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop retaining a silver suspension ring and period original length