Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Mabel Herod of West Brantford

Mabel Herod of West Brantford

sew on shoulder boards with double outer silvery braid

his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed

the obverse swastika has been partially ground out

96 mm (w) x 56

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Mabel Herod of West Brantford(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