Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 United Republic of (Medalla al Mérito Militar)

(Medalla al Mérito Militar)

Dependable and resourceful

the obverse bearing a raised and crowned German national eagle clutching a Stahlhelm insignia

in the last moments of the war in Europe

Discharge Certificates and Awards Documentation

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 United Republic of (Medalla al Mérito Militar)(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, 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 eyelet and suspension ring retaining a period original ribbon, unmarked,