A Rare Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1939 By Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity Mounted to a typical Japanese-style

Mounted to a typical Japanese-style suspension

on November 14

Footnote: The Sip Song Chau Tai (Twelve Provinces of the Dai) was an area in the north-west of French Indochina

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A Rare Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1939 By Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity Mounted to a typical Japanese-styleA desirable and extremely scarce Grand Cross recovered from the famed Zimmermann Factory and subsequently cleaned; the only Zimmermann GC known to exist, this cross has a strong silver frame, intact iron core, measuring 62. 99mm (w), 70. 90 mm (h) and weighing 63. 10 grams with loop; loop marked 800 and 20, remains very fine. Accompanied by 2 Certificates of Authenicity: Detlev Niemann & Dietrich Maerz Recovered from the Bombered Out Zimmermann