Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac sew on shoulder boards with

sew on shoulder boards with double outer silvery braid

was piloting a Wellington MK-X aircraft HE382

his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed

He entered the French theatre four months later

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac sew on shoulder boards with(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, Museumsstck). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic metal alloy 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 and period original length of