Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Province of China Bonaventure and Alecto)

Bonaventure and Alecto)

golden wash on wreath about 80% present

published by The University of Western Ontario

This order in higher grades seldom appears on the market

Machine embroidered white thread

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Province of China Bonaventure and Alecto)(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