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(H159) A Cased Iron Cross 1st Class by the maker No. 4. The cross being of third reich manufacture, is in fact an imperial 1914 issue and is one of the official Steinhauer replacements. The cross retains all it's frosted and beaded finish and also the iron centre retains all of it's blackened finish. The soldering on the edge of the cross is very good but there are some gaps between the inner v's. It is not splitting as such, it is just not soldered up on these arms, as all four are the same. The black paint that has been applied, has been done via the paint dipping technique where the cross was finished and then dipped and then the wax coating to the silver frame was burnt off as the paint was hardened, which is of standard manufacture of this type. The case which is the slightly domed type, and has rounded corners, has the award in stencilled outline to the lid. The box has a steel hinge and is openend by a magnetic press stud and has a white silk lid and has a white hinge covering. The white flocked base is nice and clean apart from the wear of the cross to it and the case would have been put down as near mint had it not been for this wear. The cross though is virtually mint. A nice item that was picked up at the end of the war and has been stored away in a drawer until now. GBP £325. 00(UK Pounds)
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