Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1955 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic good sense

good sense

illustrating the Imperial crown on the right side

5 cm (w) x 3 cm (h)

horizontal broad pinback with a functional hinge/catch assembly

similarly marked with eight notches and retaining a rounded pommel nut that screws in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1955 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic good sense(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1914, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with an royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW