The borders of the Maltese cross are constructed of woven intertwined embroidery on three sides of each arm of the cross
obverse illustrating the 30th Corps insignia and inscribed "XXX CORPS" above
Department of Dickinson
1878 during the reign of Alexander II
large piece of the black cotton mesh backer missing
Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Postwar Exhibition Example, By Souval United Republic of The borders of the Maltese(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). A rare Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, postwar exhibition example, constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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