Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of Type VI (multi-piece construction

Type VI (multi-piece construction

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

measuring 32 mm x 23 mm

Black Grade (die-stamped steel with a black painted finish

to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of Type VI (multi-piece construction(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