Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates United Republic of on a 55 mm-long gilded

on a 55 mm-long gilded bronze chain with two needle pins for attachment

Lüdenscheid” on the reverse of each

the obverse depicting a national eagle with spread wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika infront of the Olympic bell tower

There is a strap with three holes for length adjustment stitched in place on the front edge of the lid

With miniature of the Grand Cross attached to ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates United Republic of on a 55 mm-long gilded(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