Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Auction and an eligible makers code

and an eligible makers code

His last Bomber missions were carried out with the Ar-234 against Allied troops in the West in February 1945

He eventually saw by the light of his torch a small piece of plastic covered wiring and came to the conclusion that the device was not only a time bomb

above silvered oak leaves and a date of “1920”

It features a turned down collar and long sleeves for maximum protection against the elements

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Auction and an eligible makers code(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet connecting to a suspension ring with a period original length of neck ribbon,