Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 United Republic of Armed Forces Service Medal with

Armed Forces Service Medal with ribbon bar

Dependable and resourceful

and even patina throughout

(Medalla al Mérito Militar)

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 United Republic of Armed Forces Service Medal with(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, 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 eyelet and suspension ring retaining a period original ribbon, unmarked,