Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Newly Listed (außer Dienst) (retired Grand Admiral)

(außer Dienst) (retired Grand Admiral) Dönitz

16 representing the end of the first war

a five point star with faceted rays with a green enamelled ray between each cluster

" with whatever tools of material available

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 Newly Listed (außer Dienst) (retired Grand Admiral)(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, Museumsstck). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic metal alloy 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 retaining a suspension ring and period original length of