Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive three edges are trimmed with

three edges are trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire tresses

93 mm (w) x 46

He returned to Canada in November with the A

constructed of copped bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive three edges are trimmed with(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm bearing a raised reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm bearing a raised initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop