Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed worn by SS-Sturmbannführer

worn by SS-Sturmbannführer

surrounded by the inscription "M THERESIA AVG MATER SCIENTIAR BONARVMQ ARTIVM"

already in the rank of Lieutenant

he had already made it to SS-Brigadeführer

a shield wit the left facing bust of a woman is at the top with a small castle above

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, by Rudolf Souval, c.1965 Newly Listed worn by SS-Sturmbannführer(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, 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 connecting to an matching suspension ring retaining an original