Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of 44 were rescued by Haida

44 were rescued by Haida and 83 were taken prisoner by three German minesweepers sortied from the coast after the departure of Haida

maker marked with “JFS” logo (Josef Feix Söhne

Air Force) with the Canadian Army on July 8

Footnote: The Order of Honor was unofficial instituted in Venezuela in 1861

measuring 32 mm x 23 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example, c. 1960 Republic of 44 were rescued by Haida(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 an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop retaining a suspension ring with a period original length of