Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example Auction Archive with reinforced buttonholes meeting reverse

with reinforced buttonholes meeting reverse straps with analogous buttonholes

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by Chris Brooker

Upper with a central band bearing a repeating pattern in red

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Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example Auction Archive with reinforced buttonholes meeting reverse(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuz). A very fine quality cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the