Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 United Republic of 86 mm (w) x 49

86 mm (w) x 49

with the inscription "FIGHTIN' BITIN' " prominent and measuring 122 mm in diameter

one end stitched into a loop to accommodate a clawed buckle constructed of a pebbled and silvered zink alloy

set throughout with approximately 396 genuine rose-cut diamonds (of average quality

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 United Republic of 86 mm (w) x 49(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 an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop retaining a suspension ring with a period original length of