Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction From May to June

From May to June

including 67 large and two small passes

along with French silver hallmark (eagle’s head)

the ends not sewn together

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Otto Schickle Auction From May to June(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 with a central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate and nut, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of an