Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction ”) and initials “СССР” (“USSR”)

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where USS North Carolina bombarded and provided call fire for the assaulting Marines through February 22

suspended from arabesques - marked “GH” for “Gebrüder Hemmerle

the SAS and many other units

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Auction ”) and initials “СССР” (“USSR”)This 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