Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 visually-hidden in bronzed alloy

in bronzed alloy

Italian Republic insignia in gold-cooured ink on the lid

Includes: two France patches: 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment Patch (in white pressed fabric

55 mm x 55 mm

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 visually-hidden in bronzed alloy(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 integral loop connecting to an matching suspension ring retaining an original