Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive whose military career spanned nearly

whose military career spanned nearly forty years

with visible holes indicating the removal of pips from what was previously likely a Hauptsturmführer rank

and War Medal 1939-1945 (263561 G

but he was subsequently transferred to the city of Weimar (eastern Germany) on July 1

demonstrating significant soiling throughout but with no notable damage or wear

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Archive whose military career spanned nearly(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and frosted neusilber 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 accompanied by a