Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction Three Wehrmacht Long Service Badge

Three Wehrmacht Long Service Badge 4th Class for 4 Years Loyal Service

36 mm x 51

but starred in bombardments on the west coast of Saipan covering minesweeping operations

the ball finial bent and listing to one side

in the defense

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction Three Wehrmacht Long Service BadgeThis is an interesting and certainly unique piece a Prussian Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1870 (Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1870) to be fastened onto the box in which the Prussian flag was stored. It is in the shape of a silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the original institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the