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forty-six Ribbon Bars (in various sizes

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Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Exhibition Example Auction forty-six Ribbon Bars (in various(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuz 1870, 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop connecting to a suspension ring, unmarked, measuring 62. 86 mm (w) x