Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870; Museum Exhibition Piece Hold all decorations are in very

all decorations are in very fine to extremely fine condition

maker marked on reverse “L/56” (Funcke & Brüninghaus

to every ranking officer in North Africa

and with light bubbling in the finish visible on the reverse

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870; Museum Exhibition Piece Hold all decorations are in very(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver frame; on a double looped ring for suspension from its shortened period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the