Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of measuring 32 mm x 23

measuring 32 mm x 23 mm

maker marked with “JFS” logo (Josef Feix Söhne

Footnote: The Order of Honor was unofficial instituted in Venezuela in 1861

It was eventually liberated by the Red Army in February 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of measuring 32 mm x 23(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