Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed he had already made it

he had already made it to SS-Brigadeführer

all traces of bronzing is gone due to extensive corrosion

this unusual late-war example is in an extremely fine condition

Liman was nearly captured by British soldiers

surrounded by the inscription "M THERESIA AVG MATER SCIENTIAR BONARVMQ ARTIVM"

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed he had already made it(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 connecting to an matching suspension ring retaining an original