Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Archive hallmarked on pin with Austrian

hallmarked on pin with Austrian import mark used between 1891-1901

Solid version

78mm wing tip to wing tip

bearing a central sickle and hammer

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Archive hallmarked on pin with AustrianThis 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