Prussia, State. A Veteran’s Association Long Service Award, With Swords Archive Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

It carries a facsimile of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein

was the second most successful German U-boat ace of World War II

in silvered bullion wire in various textures

Prussia, State. A Veteran’s Association Long Service Award, With Swords Archive Hindenburg Cross for CombatantsConstructed of gilt bronze with white enameled arms, with crossed swords and a metal wreath between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central orange medallion, the reverse plain, with a vertical hinge and a functional hinge catch, marked Ges. Gesch. on the reverse, measuring 44. 90 mm (w) x 44. 92 mm (h), with some small enamel repair in the top left corner of the twelve oclock arm and scattered fine hairline scracks in the enamels on the six