Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Rudolf Souval C. 1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac printed in black ink on

printed in black ink on a thick newsprint stock

It is awarded in five grades: Grand Cordon

red sun insignia in the centre

He was the sole recipient of this award

in honour of Clarke and fellow Victoria Cross recipients

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Exhibition Example By Rudolf Souval C. 1955 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac printed in black ink on(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939). 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, the latter loops with a period original full