Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Buy Now Kertz re-enlisted in the Bundeswehr

Kertz re-enlisted in the Bundeswehr and rose to the rank of Colonel of Reserves before retiring in 1967

s "Foreign Legion of The Third Reich"

When French colonial rule over Indochina ended

surrounded by a laurel wreath and flanked on either side by the "M" monogram

selected from the 1st Fusiliers Battalion

Germany, Federal Republic. A Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1970 Buy Now Kertz re-enlisted in the Bundeswehr(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron with gilded metal, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and gilded frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original length of neck