Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Exhibition Example Auction 15 mm (w) x 40

15 mm (w) x 40

forty-six Ribbon Bars (in various sizes

illustrating the casualties of war

the mine on the left was sprung and before their artillery opened up

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Exhibition Example Auction 15 mm (w) x 40(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuz 1870, 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 1870, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop connecting to a suspension ring, unmarked, measuring 62. 86 mm (w) x