Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction in the defense

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Presentation and wear of oak leaf clusters shall follow NSSAR policy

”) and initials “СССР” (“USSR”)

36 mm x 51

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction in the defenseThis is an interesting and certainly unique piece a Prussian Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1870 (Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1870) to be fastened onto the box in which the Prussian flag was stored. It is in the shape of a silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the original institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the