Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, High-Quality Exhibition Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with olive-drab paint and brown

with olive-drab paint and brown leather tab (tab is maker marked and dated 1942)

During the advance

the inside cover stamped “KONINKLIJKE BEGEER VOORSCHOTEN

5th Place)

along with scattered contact marks

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, High-Quality Exhibition Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with olive-drab paint and brown(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1914, 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with an initial W, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW