Germany, Weimar Republic. A First War Patriotic Sweetheart Pin 1916 Auction Footnote: Official awarded Grand Crosses

Footnote: Official awarded Grand Crosses of the Iron Crosses 1914 (Five recipients in total) received Wagner made crosses

with loops at either end

showing troops in action on reverse

These included the Spanish War Veterans

The current position of the Roman Catholic Church is that the medieval persecution of the Knights Templar was unjust

Germany, Weimar Republic. A First War Patriotic Sweetheart Pin 1916 Auction Footnote: Official awarded Grand Crosses(Brosche). A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring a black enamelled Iron Cross with silvered oak leaves on either side, the dates 1914 and 1916 engraved at the ends, the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, measures 44 mm (w) x 10 mm (h), and in overall near very fine condition.