Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example Newly Listed in gilt and green enamels

in gilt and green enamels

5 mm x 29 mm with intact lugs respectively

marked with LDO code “L/13” for maker Paul Meybauer

similarly marked with raised anchors

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example Newly Listed in gilt and green enamels(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 a reinstitution date of 1914, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm