Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 220 mm x 353 mm

220 mm x 353 mm

Officer's Cross (Cruz de Oficial)

he left for overseas service and while in Egypt

Footnote: NSDAP member 90633 has been identified as Walter Winkler

the suspension loop marked “L” for an unknown maker

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 220 mm x 353 mm(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). 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 eyelet and suspension ring retaining a period original ribbon, unmarked,