Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué GTRexclude HEMSLEY LTD" on the reverse

HEMSLEY LTD" on the reverse

Measuring 252 x 354mm

Prisoner of War number E131

The tabs both measure 45 mm (w) x 75 mm (l)

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué GTRexclude HEMSLEY LTD" on the reverseThis is an interesting and certainly unique piece a Prussian Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1870 (Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1870) to be fastened onto the box in which the Prussian flag was stored. It is in the shape of a silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central W, with the original institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the