Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive circumscribed VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE

circumscribed VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D’ITALIA

tension and elation of jungle fighting

BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN" on the reverse

An extremely well-preserved Reich Labour Service (RAD) overseas cap

but it was finished anyway in May

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive circumscribed VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm bearing a raised reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm bearing a raised initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop