Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive A vertical slit descends approximately

A vertical slit descends approximately halfway down from the neck and is flanked by ten reinforced eyelets for the inclusion of a drawstring which has been lost to time

The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece black cotton liner

An Enlisted personnel breast eagle

the brown cowhide nicely toning on the exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates Auction Archive A vertical slit descends approximately(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