Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Auction Archive Between September 1915 and 1916

Between September 1915 and 1916

84mm (w) x 28

on black padded background

Footnote: The Medal for Manhood and Loyalty was instituted on November 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Auction Archive Between September 1915 and 1916(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, 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 integral loop retaining a suspension ring with a period original length of