Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Hold each wrapped in two rows

each wrapped in two rows of rolled silver bullion wire where they butt the rows of star points

burlap support

the contents framed in a beaded trim on both sides

the obverse with a stylized ribbed border

A button-up fly with three reinforced buttonholes meeting one bakelite button (two buttons missing) sits below a metal hook meeting a metal loop

Prussia, State. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross 1870 Flag Box Appliqué Hold each wrapped in two rowsThis 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