Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Exhibition Example, By Souval United Republic of black paper backer with a

black paper backer with a red paper manufacturer's label affixed

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one clasp on its original ribbon

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Exhibition Example, By Souval United Republic of black paper backer with a(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). A rare Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, postwar exhibition example, 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