Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Silver Iron Cross Grand Cross

Silver Iron Cross Grand Cross insignia measuring 40

measuring 41 mm (w) x 71

Inserted into the moisture guard is a paper tag bearing a handwritten name of “ERWIN DIETZE

with Groos eliminating a Sopwith Triplane (N6304) on August 16

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Silver Iron Cross Grand Cross(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, 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 with a suspension ring retaining a period original length of neck