Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of maker marked with “JFS” logo

maker marked with “JFS” logo (Josef Feix Söhne

so as to support the French Expeditionary Force

Footnote: The Order of Honor was unofficial instituted in Venezuela in 1861

It was eventually liberated by the Red Army in February 1945

Scattered silvering wear on the Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of maker marked with “JFS” logo(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