Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Rudolf Souval C. 1955 Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was instituted

Footnote: The medal was instituted on November 26

the latter part of the unit naming worn

the obverse centre presents a Continental soldier

with short lenght of ribbon

2mm (w) x 23

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Rudolf Souval C. 1955 Newly Listed Footnote: The medal was instituted(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver 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 topped by an integral loop retaining a suspension ring, the latter loops with a period original full