Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Province of China inscribed “1935”

inscribed “1935”

a large photo (168x224mm)

Footnote: The 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry was organized with headquarters at Bowmanville and four companies in Bowmanville

1935 - Gilt metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Province of China inscribed “1935”(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 a reinstitution date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet connecting to a suspension ring with a period original length of neck ribbon,